Enhancing Teaching English as an Additional Language through Playfulness: Seniors (Ethno)Drama Club in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Autor/inn/en	Balyasnikova, Natalia; Higgins, Sarah; Hume, Matt
Titel	Enhancing Teaching English as an Additional Language through Playfulness: Seniors (Ethno)Drama Club in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Quelle	In: TESOL Journal, 9 (2018) 3, S.481-497 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-7941
DOI	10.1002/tesj.337
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Drama; Older Adults; Adult Education; Theater Arts; Learning Experience; Program Descriptions; Cooperation; Community Programs; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schauspiel; Älterer Erwachsener; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Theaterwissenschaft; Lernerfahrung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	This article describes the process of using an ethnodrama while working with older adults learning English as an additional language. By examining a 4-month-long period of Seniors Drama Club, created to offer theatre-based language learning experiences for Vancouver's immigrant senior population, the authors draw attention to the complex learning that occurs at the intersection of drama education and additional language learning. The aim of the article is twofold. First, the authors show the benefits of using adaptable and "living" texts--such as an ethnodrama--in language teaching. Second, the authors argue that framing of language learning as a collaborative theatre project empowers learners to take agency of their language learning and future use. In conclusion, the authors elaborate on some of the promising practices developed as the outcome of this community-based project. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01