Anna Bass "Why Playback Theatre? Improve techniques in teaching English"

"Я расскажу о том, что такое Playback театр, и о нашем эксперименте по занятиям Playback театром на английском языке этим летом в лагере, в Нью-Йорке. Также мы обсудим, какие бывают виды игровой импровизации и как мы можем использовать импровизационные упражнения на уроке. Ну и попробуем поиграть и поимпровизировать на практике.

I'll tell you what Playback theatre is and share my experience on using it as an experiment in an English summer camp in New York. We'll discuss the types of improvisation games and how they can be used in class. And of course a lot of practice and improvisation."

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1. Why Playback Theatre? Improv techniques in teaching English Anna Bass, DreamMovers Camp, New York Trendy English, 2017
4. • Outline of the talk • playback theatre, how to use it at school or in a camp • improvisation, types of improv games
5. What is Playback Theatre? It is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience tell stories from their lives and actors act them out on the spot right away. Without discussion or preparation of any kind. Ø It was created in 1975 by Jonathan Fox in the USA Ø2007 – first performance in Russia
9. How can Playback Theatre be useful in a language camp? Øspeaking and active listening vs memorizing and reproduce somebody’s words Ølanguage is a means of communication and not an end in itself Øconvenient very few things needed: pieces of cloth, music and actors
10. Improvisation is the act of making or doing something with whatever is available at the time
11. Improvisation is a Teambuilding Tool Rule: make your partner feel good and look insanely smart
12. One advantage of being Anna One disadvantage of being Anna What makes you most What makes you most happy angry sad scared
13. Improvisation is a Teambuilding Tool Rule: make your partner feel good and look insanely smart o sense of safety o trust o openness o vulnerability o being non-judgmental o supportive It helps to overcome the language barrier
14. Improvisation is a Tool to Develop Creativity and Imagination Rule: trust your gut, the first thing which comes to your mind is the best
15. One Word Stories For example: Person 1: Once. Person 2: Upon. Person 1: A. Person 2: Time. Person 1: There. Person 2: Was. Person 1: A. The goal is to move the story forward.
16. Improvisation is a Tool to Develop Creativity and Imagination Rule: trust your gut, the first thing which comes to your mind is usually the best o being in a flow o relaxed o enjoying whatever you are doing § Activates all the passive knowledge the students have § Encourages confident speaking § Motivates the learners
17. Types of Improvisational Games 1) Openers 2) Name Games 3) Physical warm up 4) Vocal warm up 5) Team-building games 6) Longer Activities 7) Closing Activities Fox, Hannah. Zoomy Zoomy: improv games and exercises for groups (Kindle Locations 230-231). Tusitala Publishing. Kindle Edition
18. Contact details Email dreammoverscamp@gmail.com Facebook : Anna Bass https://www.facebook.com/anna.bass.73 Instagram: Anna Bass (@aryndati) http://dreammoverscamp.com/ www.playback01.com