Foros de Drama and Storytelling - Internet en el Aula2024-03-29T11:07:34Zhttps://internetaula.ning.com/group/dramaandstorytelling/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noDrama ans Storytellingtag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-31:2016246:Topic:3982452014-03-31T21:58:46.094ZCaridad Arroyo Sanchezhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/CaridadArroyoSanchez
<p>When I heard about the drama course and the possiblity of joining this website I was immediately drawn to it. I´m pretty sure it will keep me up on English drama resources. I haven´t much drama experience so fa,r just some small atttempts on Primary Education. I will delighted to share out and get some information about Secodnary drama experiences.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>When I heard about the drama course and the possiblity of joining this website I was immediately drawn to it. I´m pretty sure it will keep me up on English drama resources. I haven´t much drama experience so fa,r just some small atttempts on Primary Education. I will delighted to share out and get some information about Secodnary drama experiences.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p> Improving with Dramatag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-30:2016246:Topic:3981632014-03-30T12:26:29.379ZInma Marcos Peyróhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/InmaMarcosPeyro
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, I´ve worked with drama since the beginning of this year. And I have checked it improves a lot the learning process of my students.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Drama is essentially social and involves contact, communication, and some kind of rapport, it works from the strength of the group and draws on a common stock of experiences and enriches the…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-2">Well, I´ve worked with drama since the beginning of this year. And I have checked it improves a lot the learning process of my students.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-2"> Drama is essentially social and involves contact, communication, and some kind of rapport, it works from the strength of the group and draws on a common stock of experiences and enriches the minds and feelings of individuals within the group.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="font-size-2">Applying Drama to my classes I can mix all these skills and do my lesson funnier!</span></p>
<p></p> My experience with dramatag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-30:2016246:Topic:3983252014-03-30T10:27:36.918ZElisa Rodriguezhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/ElisaRodriguez
<p>During my school years our class prepared every end of the course a play for our parents. For me, having the opportunity of being on stage was a great deal. I had to bring my feelings face to face. I have always been a shy person but on the one side, despite been really nervous I really enjoyed the experience of being on stage. I was one of those people who were timid in their everyday lives and on the moment they are on stage, their personality changes completely and they get the most out…</p>
<p>During my school years our class prepared every end of the course a play for our parents. For me, having the opportunity of being on stage was a great deal. I had to bring my feelings face to face. I have always been a shy person but on the one side, despite been really nervous I really enjoyed the experience of being on stage. I was one of those people who were timid in their everyday lives and on the moment they are on stage, their personality changes completely and they get the most out of the exposure to the public.</p>
<p>Based on my own experience, I really think that drama activities in the classroom make teachers learn a lot more about their students as, I have already said, some of the students become a surprise when ‘coming to stage’. Drama exercises involve team work, cooperation and motivation. Three of the issues I believe that are essential in the process of learning. By practicing amusing drama activities they learn about feelings, ways of moving and loads of vocabulary without even realizing that they are learning aside from playing.</p> My drama experiencetag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-27:2016246:Topic:3978812014-03-27T21:49:28.237ZInés Muñozhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/InesMunoz
<p>Hi, my name is Inés.</p>
<p>This year I work as a tutor in third level of Primary Education and I teach English in Infant Education.</p>
<p>I joined this course because I wanted to improve my drama resources.</p>
<p>I usually use drama with my students because they love acting and singing. For this reason, they act out songs, dialogues and role plays.</p>
<p>In Infant Education I like to use story dramatizations, once we have finished a unit we represent the story. </p>
<p>Hi, my name is Inés.</p>
<p>This year I work as a tutor in third level of Primary Education and I teach English in Infant Education.</p>
<p>I joined this course because I wanted to improve my drama resources.</p>
<p>I usually use drama with my students because they love acting and singing. For this reason, they act out songs, dialogues and role plays.</p>
<p>In Infant Education I like to use story dramatizations, once we have finished a unit we represent the story. </p> My experience with dramatag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-27:2016246:Topic:3979862014-03-27T14:43:55.819ZRosa María Romero Migueleshttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/RosaMariaRomeroMigueles
<p>I had always been afraid of working with drama until a few years ago when I had a class of Ampliación in Bachillerato. There was no curriculum established and I did not know what to do. They were reading <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> By Wilde, and they were having a lot of trouble with it, so I decided to try to work with it as a play. It was difficult at first but in the end they loved it and helped me in the development of the script. </p>
<p>After that experience the next year I…</p>
<p>I had always been afraid of working with drama until a few years ago when I had a class of Ampliación in Bachillerato. There was no curriculum established and I did not know what to do. They were reading <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em> By Wilde, and they were having a lot of trouble with it, so I decided to try to work with it as a play. It was difficult at first but in the end they loved it and helped me in the development of the script. </p>
<p>After that experience the next year I workedwith an adaptation of the Trojan War that I found on the web and they also loved it, so I discovered that drama can indeed be a really useful tool for the students to become independent in the use of the language as well as in overcoming shyness. It also helps with pronunciation and grammar. However, this course has taught me an organised way to approach the creation and use of a script, which I used to do by intuition only. </p> My experience with drama and story tellingtag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-26:2016246:Topic:3979722014-03-26T15:07:22.574ZMargarita Soria Pastorhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/MargaritaSoriaPastor
<p>The theatre and all that is related to it allways atract me a lot. Since I was very small I love going to the theatre, but unfortunately I have never had the oprtunity to act or get involve in any theatrical esperience except being a devoted public. As an educator I have always consider storytelling as one of the things that never must be missing in my class. I have been practicing and using storytelling for many years, but only in the two past courses I have been using resources on…</p>
<p>The theatre and all that is related to it allways atract me a lot. Since I was very small I love going to the theatre, but unfortunately I have never had the oprtunity to act or get involve in any theatrical esperience except being a devoted public. As an educator I have always consider storytelling as one of the things that never must be missing in my class. I have been practicing and using storytelling for many years, but only in the two past courses I have been using resources on line.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the use of drama in my classroom has been scarcely and not very succesful.I use dramatic games of course, but to think in a complete play make me panic. I think that this course is the push that I need to introduce drama in a more significant way.</p> My experience with drama ans storytellingtag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-26:2016246:Topic:3979652014-03-26T11:41:19.288ZMargarita Soria Pastorhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/MargaritaSoriaPastor
<p>The theatre and all that is related to it allways attract me a lot. Since I was very small I love going to the theatre, but unfortunately I have never had the oportunity to act or get involved in any theatrical experience except being a devoted public. As an educator I have allways consider storytelling as one of the things that never must be missing in my class. I have been practicing and using storytelling for many years, but only in the past two courses I have been using resources on…</p>
<p>The theatre and all that is related to it allways attract me a lot. Since I was very small I love going to the theatre, but unfortunately I have never had the oportunity to act or get involved in any theatrical experience except being a devoted public. As an educator I have allways consider storytelling as one of the things that never must be missing in my class. I have been practicing and using storytelling for many years, but only in the past two courses I have been using resources on line.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the use of drama in my classroom has been very limited and not very successful. I use dramatic games of course, but to think in a complete play make me panic. I think that this course is the push that I need to introduce drama in a more significant way.</p> My drama experiencetag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-21:2016246:Topic:3976522014-03-21T11:50:44.560ZAna Mª García Fernándezhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/AnaMGarciaFernandez
<p>I love working with skits, short plays or role plays in class; I heve working with them for 5 or six years, especially in Bachillerato in Oral Skills (Ampliación de Inglés), althiugh when you use dram with younger students they also love it!</p>
<p>The main problem I find to work with ESO students is the lack of time, as our subject has only three hours a week in non-bilingual schools.</p>
<p>When I make up my mind to work with a group using drama, I consider three options:</p>
<p>- using a…</p>
<p>I love working with skits, short plays or role plays in class; I heve working with them for 5 or six years, especially in Bachillerato in Oral Skills (Ampliación de Inglés), althiugh when you use dram with younger students they also love it!</p>
<p>The main problem I find to work with ESO students is the lack of time, as our subject has only three hours a week in non-bilingual schools.</p>
<p>When I make up my mind to work with a group using drama, I consider three options:</p>
<p>- using a written skit or short play the students have to learn</p>
<p>- prepare a set of cards with different roles and a general objective for the activity</p>
<p>- write the beginning of a play and let students finish it, adding characters and situations</p>
<p>My choice is goingn to depend basiccaly on the students I am going to work with; for those with a higher level, you can use any of them, but for younger or less confident studnts, I think the first option is the best.</p>
<p>Whenever I have use dram in the class, I think is really rewarding becuase it means a change in our daily routine and they realize they can communicate in English. We must remeber that English is not only a subject, is a tool they are going to need in thier future.</p> My daily experience with drama and storytellingtag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-19:2016246:Topic:3973392014-03-19T17:44:46.142ZBeatriz Morales Castillohttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/BeatrizMoralesCastillo
<p>I love dancing, singing and acting. I am an English teacher and I really love my job, but I always think that I was an actress in a past life! Haha! I teach English to kindergarten and to 1<sup>st</sup> cycle of Primary. And most of the time we are singing and dancing, because I am sure this is a perfect way to learn lots of things, not only vocabulary, but also grammar and pronunciation! I have a song for every routine, to say hello, goodbye, to clean up the class, to count to 20, to name…</p>
<p>I love dancing, singing and acting. I am an English teacher and I really love my job, but I always think that I was an actress in a past life! Haha! I teach English to kindergarten and to 1<sup>st</sup> cycle of Primary. And most of the time we are singing and dancing, because I am sure this is a perfect way to learn lots of things, not only vocabulary, but also grammar and pronunciation! I have a song for every routine, to say hello, goodbye, to clean up the class, to count to 20, to name the colors, animals, etc. and these songs have lots of gestures to help kids to learn! Although I must say that they are not mine, but I have learnt them all along these years as a teacher, and I use them frequently.</p>
<p>I also encourage first graders to act out the little play it is set in every unit of their English books. It is easy and funny and they really love to do it!</p>
<p>And, finally, I have to tell that every year, some teachers and mothers of the school prepare a play for The Book’s Day and I always play a role… I really enjoy it!</p> My drama experiencetag:internetaula.ning.com,2014-03-18:2016246:Topic:3973302014-03-18T18:12:22.830ZVerónica García Abadillo Urielhttps://internetaula.ning.com/profile/VeronicaGarciaAbadilloUriel
<p>Since I was a kid I've been quite close to drama. My mum is an amateur actress in a Theatre group and sometimes I also had to work with them when there were children roles. To be honest, I was not a very good actress... I'm too shy. But I realized then that what you learn while dramatizing, you'll never forget. That's why I try to use it in my classroom as often as possible; children love it and you can see how they develop their fluency. At my school, we've been doing an English festival…</p>
<p>Since I was a kid I've been quite close to drama. My mum is an amateur actress in a Theatre group and sometimes I also had to work with them when there were children roles. To be honest, I was not a very good actress... I'm too shy. But I realized then that what you learn while dramatizing, you'll never forget. That's why I try to use it in my classroom as often as possible; children love it and you can see how they develop their fluency. At my school, we've been doing an English festival all the classes had the chance of showing what they had learnt during the year by singing or acting. </p>
<p>I've enjoyed the couse a lot and I hope this group helps up keep in touch and learn from others' experience. </p>