Process Drama for Second Language Teaching and Learning: A Toolkit for Developing Language and Life Skills

Patrice Baldwin · Alicja Galazka

Sep 2021 · Bloomsbury Publishing

About this ebook

This book explains why and how drama works as an enjoyable, social, and emotionally engaging way for young people and adults to learn and use a second language within imagined worlds and develop their 21st century skills. A flexible teachers' toolbox of drama strategies is offered and guidance on how to start using drama for learning with language students. Each strategy is presented in detail and used within the exemplar lessons. The authors refer to relevant educational, psychological and neurological theories and cite research that helps account for drama's efficacy in motivating talk and supporting second language acquisition, whilst developing important life skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and resilience.

About the author

Patrice Baldwin is an internationally acclaimed 'Drama for Learning' Specialist. She has been a headteacher, school inspector, government curriculum adviser, Chair of National Drama (UK) and President of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association (2010-13). She has also been a BBC Education consultant and scriptwriter.

Alicja Galazka is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Silesia, Poland, and director of the Educational Centre. She is a pioneer of the use of drama in ELT in Poland, Head of Drama in ELT Special Interest at International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Poland, Poland. She is also a psychotherapist and international coach.