How can language teachers motivate their students to speak more in lessons? How can they enliven abstract language concepts and help their students to find them directly in their bodies and voices?

What is arts-integration?

There is a growing body of research which demonstrates that language acquisition is as much a physical act as it is a cognitive one. Learning a language is connected to the body as well as to the emotions. By combining kinesthetic learning approaches with cognitive exercises, unique situations and contexts can be created for students. They will be able to link the language they learn to the world around them in new and exciting ways. Simultaneously, arts centered programmes allow students to develop competencies in the areas of team collaboration, creativity, problem solving, improvisation and listening. This workshop focuses on creative approaches to EFL instruction and introduces arts / theatre based methods as accessible, effective and simple to use in the EFL classroom.

Participants will become more familiar with a performative approach to teaching and learning foreign languages. They will experience a variety of useful and practical exercises for their classrooms. The workshop will also encourage participants to discuss materials and generate their own ideas for arts-integrated lessons building on their collaborations in the workshop and their own experiences in their classrooms.

· Communicative / Embodied Approach to learning

· Theatre Games

· Practical exercises to build student confidence in speaking

· Adaptable Creative Frameworks and lessons

· Arts-Integration in EFL

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Lehrkräfte im Fach Englisch an Oberschulen, Förderschulen, Gymnasien und berufsbildenden Schulen

• Landesamt für Schule und Bildung, Fortbildungs- und Tagungszentrum, Siebeneichener Schlossberg 2, 01662 Meißen
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