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ABOUT DIVADLO JAZYKU
Divadlo jazyků is a nationwide event dedicated to learning and teaching foreign languages through drama and theatre. It is composed of a conference for language teachers and a festival of school theatre performances.
This year, Divadlo jazyků will take place from June 15th to 20th, 2011, in Prague, Czech Republic.
If you teach a foreign language and you are interested in the drama approach; if you produce theatre performances or skits with your students, or if you are just about to start a project like that for the first time, then Divadlo jazyků is for you.
Detailed information about organization and participation will be gradually added to this website.
Divadlo jazyků started in 2009. In the Na Pradle theatre in Prague, over fifty performances were shown, from ten-minute scenes to full-length plays. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Czech as a foreign language were heard on stage. At the two day conference, over sixty teachers met to acquire new skills and to exchange their experience of using drama and theatre in language teaching.
The main organizer of the project is Základní škola Marjánka, a state basic school from Prague 6 that has been incorporating drama and theatre into language teaching since 2007. The project has been successfully managed thanks to intensive co-operation with Cambridge University Press and the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague. Financial support is generously provided by Městská část Praha 6.
NEWS
The second edition of Divadlo jazyku will take place from June 15th to 20th, 2011.
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CONTACT
bara.dockalova_jeviste.cz
THE THEATRE FESTIVAL
The festival will take place from June 15th to 20th in Na Pradle theatre, which is situated in the very historical centre of Prague. Any theatre piece that is performed in a non-native language of the actors with the aim of language learning can be registered for the festival.
The main goal of the festival is to enable schools, teachers and students who share the interest in learning languages through drama and theatre to meet, view each other's work, and provide each other with inspiration and feedback, thus increasing the quality of language learning and teaching. The participants will be active both on stage and in the audience, acting, watching performances of their peers, discussing and evaluating them, participating in reflections of their own performances with expert advisers and taking part in creative workshops.
Using drama and theatre in language learning is becoming increasingly widespread. More and more students and teachers have opportunities to experience how effective and beneficial the drama approach can be. In order to further develop the approach together and see all its possibilities, we need a common platform where we can meet and share our discoveries. Divadlo jazyku was started in order to provide such a platform, and we will be happy if you join it too!
Divadlo jazyků 2011 - festival program
Wednesday, June 15th 2011
4 pm - 6:45 pm AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
Opening ceremony
What time is it? (in English), Základní škola Marjánka
Hlásná trouba (Megafono), KUK! (in Italian and in Czech)
Eins, zwei, drei - un, deux, trois, ZŠ Marjánka (in German and in French)
Czech Legends, Echo Theatre (in English)
The Last Journey of Natasha Green, ZŠ Marjánka, 9th grade (in English)
7 pm - 9:20 pm EVENING PROGRAM:
Ten Little Indians, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy Praha (anglicky)
La Route (Cesta), Gymnázium Pardubice (francouzsky)
Arsenico e nuovi merletti, Piccola Compagnia (italsky)
THURSDAY, June 16th, 2011
10 am - 12:30 pm MORNING PROGRAM - CATEGORY 12 - 16:
Fruitcake Special, Gymnázium Budějovická Praha (in English) CANCELLED
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gymnázium A. Jiráska Litomyšl (in English)
Fish and Chips, On a School Trip, Bank Robbery, Základní škola Mládí Praha (in English)
Die mysteriöse Statue, Základní škola Bernarda Bolzana Tábor (in German)
Summer Dreams in a Red Hood, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy Praha (in English)
4 pm - 6:40 pm AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
La Tête d'un homme, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy (in French)
Little Red Riding Hood, Základní škola Na Šutce, Praha (in English)
The Circus (Základní škola Marjánka, 2.A), in English
Bookland (Základní škola Marjánka, 3.A) , in English
7 pm - 8:50 pm EVENING PROGRAM:
An Ideal Husband (in English), Wonderful Life
Jesus Christ Superstar, Jazyková škola Rosa Kladno (in English) CANCELLED
FRIDAY, June 17th 2011
10 am - 12:30 pm MORNING PROGRAM - CATEGORY 6 - 12:
Seven Little Kids, The Fearless Tom, Základní škola Soběšovice (in English)
Pizza for Granny, Lost in Kids, Základní škola Filosofská Praha (in English)
Jack and the Beanstalk, Základní škola waldorfská České Budějovice (in English)
The Wise Owl, Základní škola Bernarda Bolzana Tábor (in English)
Nativity Play, Anglický výtvarně dramatický kroužek při ZŠ Mládí (in English)
4 pm - 5:30 pm AFTERNOON PROGRAM - CATEGORY 16+:
Rinks frei, Lechts Experiment / vrevo dobrý, vplavo experiment, katedra germanistiky PedF UK (in Ger.)
UNIque Life, "Liberecký párci" (in English)
My Fair Lady, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy (in English)
20:00 - 21:30 EVENING PERFORMANCE:
Locked Down, Vicarzhor Ostrava (in English)
SATURDAY, 18th June 2011
4 pm - 7:30 pm AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
What time is it? Základní škola Marjánka, 4.A2 (in English)
selected performances from previous days
8 pm - 10 pm EVENING PERFORMANCE:
Servant of Two Masters, Drama Queens (in English)
SUNDAY, June 19th 2011
4 pm - 7:40 AFTERNOON PROGRAM:
On parle français, Les Enfants Terribles (in French)
Fake, Základní škola Mostek (in English)
The Circus, ZŠ Marjánka, 2.C (in English)
Bookland, ZŠ Marjánka, 3.B (in English)
Revolting Rhymes, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy (in English)
MONDAY, June 20th 2011
4 pm - 6:30 pm AFTERNOON PROGRAM
The New Story, ZŠ Marjánka, 1. třídy (in English)
The Circus, ZŠ Marjánka, 2.B (in English)
A Midsummer Night´s Dream, Gymnázium Jana Nerudy (in English)
7 pm - 8:30 EVENING PERFORMANCE:
Twist It, Oliver! (Gymnázium Jana Nerudy), in English
Základní škola Marjánka
V Základní škole Marjánka na Břevnově v Praze 6 vyučujeme cizí jazyky od první třídy. Děti si při nástupu do školy mohou vybrat, zda začnou s angličtinou, němčinou či francouzštinou. Díky podpoře MČ Praha 6 probíhá výuka v malých skupinách s dotací tři hodiny týdně. Využíváme moderní metody a postupy, ve výuce angličtiny pak extenzivně využíváme dramatický přístup, konkrétně metodu act and speak®. Tato metoda pracuje s původními dramatickými texty vyvinutými přímo pro zvládnutí konkrétního jazykového učiva daného ročníku. Tyto scénáře děti nejprve prostřednictvím her a zábavných cvičení poznávají a na konci roku pak inscenují. Cílem výuky je umožnit žákům vytvořit si pevný základ pro pohotové a sebevědomé užívání cizího jazyka jako přirozeného způsobu komunikace. Naše škola je hlavním pořadatelem Divadla jazyků.
Naše internetové stránky: www.zsmarjankapraha6.cz
Gymnázium Jana Nerudy, Praha
Během posledních deseti let se na GJN rozvinula tradice pořádání anglických divadelních představení jako součást hodin jazyka. Vycházíme z toho, že dramatická výchova významně podporuje rozvoj řečových dovedností. Většina studentů GJN alespoň jednou za svoji studentskou kariéru účinkuje v nějakém anglickém představení, některé třídy hrají dokonce každý rok. Mladší studenti hrají většinou pohádky či detektivky, starší pak adaptace klasických děl (Shakespeare, Wilde,…) Naším obrovským úspěchem a chloubou jsou nadšené skupiny studentů které dále rozvíjejí své první anglické divadelní zkušenosti z hodin angličtiny a zcela samostatně ve svém volném čase připravují vlastní anglické hry na vysoké jazykové i umělecké úrovni (představení inspirovaná tvorbou Monty Python, dále “The Importance of Being Earnest“, “Twist It, Oliver!“ – vlastní moderní adaptace Dickensova románu).
KUK!
Soubor KUK! (Klub Uměleckých Katastrof) pracuje při Divadelní fakultě AMU Praha a je složen ze žáků základních škol (malé kuk!) a středních škol (velké KUK!). Jeho posláním je práce na nových a netradičních inscenacích, experimentování s výrazovými prostředky a našimi možnostmi. Soubor se doposud prezentoval se svými inscenacemi na národní přehlídce Dětská scéna 2003 –2010 v Trutnově. V roce 2004 navštívil národní přehlídku v polské Lodzi, v roce 2007 reprezentoval ČR na mezinárodní přehlídce dětských divadel „Dandelion“ v chorvatském Sisaku; v červenci 2008 reprezentoval ČR na X. Světovém festivalu dětských divadel v Moskvě. V současnosti soubor spolupracuje v mezinárodním divadelním projektu pod záštitou organizace AITA/IATA „Meeting of Minds“, jehož cílem je hledat standardy mezinárodně sdělné divadelní inscenace.
Soubor malé kuk! je skupinou mladších žáků (ve věku 10-14) Dětského divadelního studia DAMU. Svou dlouhodobě vysokou uměleckou úroveň prokazuje každoroční účastí na národní přehlídce dětského divadla Dětská scéna. Za sebou má úspěšné inscenace např. Noční můry, Němý film, Sísa Kyselá, Cesta kolem světa, Hlásná trouba.
Echo Theatre
The Echo Theatre was created in January 2011 as a new children’s theatre company of the nonprofit organization Class Acts. Class Acts o.s. is dedicated to providing high-quality cultural activities for children in English. We offer classes to children from age 1.5-11, including English literacy classes for bilingual children who are attending Czech schools. We have weekend activities in storytelling, dance, bookmaking, yoga, drama classes, „fairy tale“ forest activities, and teacher training.
Our website: www.classacts.cz
Piccola Compagnia
Unter der Teilnehmer der Theatergruppe sind Lehrer der Italienischschule Dante Alighieri in Prag 7 und bieten, im Rahmen des Kursangebotes Italienisch für Erwachsene und Italienisch für Kinder, Sprachkurse auf der Grundlage der Theatermethode act and speak.
www.dantepraga.cz
Gymnázium Budějovická
Vzhledem k rozsáhlé výuce cizích jazyků na naší škole a všeobecnému zájmu o dramatickou výchovu inscenujeme divadelní představení už pátým rokem. Zúčastňujeme se soutěží (Class in Action). Vstupné za představení věnujeme na charitativní účely ( v roce 2011 ve prospěch nadace Rozum a Cit).
www.gybu.cz
Základní škola Mládí
ZŠ Mládí má dlouholetou tradici výuky cizích jazyků – letos slavíme 20 let rozšířené výuky cizích jazyků. Tradičně natáčíme video projekty v AJ, jsme organizátory a pořadateli celostátní soutěže VIDEO POHLEDNICE Z MÉHO MĚSTA v AJ (www.dis.cz/videopohlednice). Prvky dramatické výchovy využíváme v hodinách cizího jazyka pravidelně. Nejpovedenější scénky a krátká představení předvádíme rodičům v rámci Vánočního odpoledne nebo akademie na závěr školního roku. Přehlídky Divadla jazyků se účastníme od jejího vzniku.
www.zsmladi.cz
ZŠ Bernarda Bolzana, Tábor
„Být šťasten sám a jiné blažiti, to je hlavní úděl člověka“, řekl kdysi Bernard Bolzano. Jeho slova si pedagogický tým vybral jako motto pro svou práci. Základní škola Bernarda Bolzana o.p.s. v Táboře se profiluje výukou cizích jazyků (anglický a německý jazyk). Dramatická výchova ve výuce je podle našeho názoru jedna z nejlepších cest, jak děti nadchnout pro cizí jazyk.
www.skolabolzano.cz
Gymnázium A. Jiráska, Litomyšl
Už několikátým rokem každoročně připravuji se svými studenty divadelní představení v angličtině, většinou je předvádíme v rámci studentských slavnostní Majáles v Litomyšli. Nácvik probíhá částečně v hodinách angličtiny, částečně ve volném čase. Studenty hraní v angličtině baví, představení se setkávají s úspěchem i u diváků z řad ostatních studentů i rodičů.
www.glit.cz
Wonderful Life
Senioři od 57 do 69 let, někteří jsme učitelé. Jsme součástí – volná kooperace - se SPUSA, která nám poskytuje prostory na nacvičování.
TICKET PRICES AND RESERVATION
one-day ticket ............................................................................ 80 CZK
(children, students and seniors 20 CZK)
permanent ticket to all days of the festival ....................................350 CZK
(children, students and seniors 100 CZK)
Tickets for specific performance sequences (such as "Wednesday - afternoon program", "Thursday - morning program" and so on, see program) can be booked in advance at vstupenky_zsmarjanka.cz and picked up at the theatre no later than 30 minutes before the program begins.
PARTICIPANTS
Students and teachers performing at the festival do not need to purchase tickets. Upon arriving at the theatre for the first time, they will be given a participants's pass that functions as a ticket to all performances. However, the participant's pass does not guarantee a place to sit, and we strongly advise everyone to book a seat in advance, see the contact above. (This is not necessary to do for the actual day of your performance as in this case participants are expected to watch each other and most of the seats are automatically reserved for them.)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Upon arriving at the theatre for the first time, conference participants will receive a permanent ticket to all performances. For the performances scheduled for June 18, all conference participants have a guaranteed place to sit as long as they arrive no later than 15 minutes before the program begins. For other days of the festival, it is necessary to book seats in advance, see the contact above.
We look forward to seeing you at the festival!
Participating in the festival
All theatre pieces produced with the goal of second or foreign language learning are welcome at Divadlo jazyků. The type of school or a language course, the age of the performers, and their language level are not important. The only important criterion is that the play is performed in the target language of the actors, i. e. the actors (or at least some actors in the group) are not native speakers of the language. Registrations take place through filling out the registration form below. There will be a registration fee of 30 CZK per participant, which will be collected upon entering the theatre. The deadline for registrations will be March 31st, 2011. The groups will choose whether they will participate in the full program of the festival or whether they will perform outside of the main program.
The full program of the festival
If you enter the full program of the festival, it means your group is going to spend an intensive day together with other groups close to your age, performing for one another, providing and receiving feedback from one another and from expert advisers, and attending cretive workshops together. From each age-based category, some performances will be selected and invited to be shown again for an expert audience formed by the conference participants on Saturday June 18th. It is therefore necessary to include this date into your planning of the trip.
From one school, a program no longer than 40 minutes can enter this part of the festival. The 40 minutes include the time necessary for setting up the stage before the show and clearing it out in the end. Whether you use the time to perform one longer piece or several shorter skits is entirely up to you. The time limit will be extended only in case there are still vacancies after March 31th.
Schedulling other performances
If your performance is longer than 40 minutes, more demanding in terms of preparation or technical equipment, or if you would not be able to perform your show again on Saturday June 18 in case it were selected, we will schedule your performance outside of the main program. After you send us the registration form, we will offer you several dates and times for your performance and you will select the one that is suitable for you. The expected dates are June 15, June 19, and June 20th, and June 16-17 in the evening hours.
Divadlo jazyků
program for the category of 6-12-year old students
Thursday, June 16th 2011
arrival and accommodation of participants
Friday, June 17th 2011
9:00 - 9:45 am arrival at the Na Prádle theatre, getting familiar with the space, preparing for the
performance, drawing numbers assigning the order of performances
10:00 am - 12:30 pm festival
1:00 - 2:00 pm lunch at the Marjánka school cafeteria (optional)
1:30 - 3:45 pm various creative workshops on the Marjánka premises and at the same time reflection
sessions on individual performances with expert advisers
4:00 - 4:15 pm closing of the festival, announcing the audience award
4:30 - 6:00 pm optional walk through the historical parts of Prague in the vicinity of the school with
program
Saturday, June 18th 2011
A free day for Individual program. In case you are interested, we can prepare program for your group.
4:00 - 5:00 pm second performances of the selected theatre pieces in the Na Prádle theatre
program for the category of 12-16-year old students
9:00 - 9:45 am arrival at the Na Prádle theatre, getting familiar with the space, preparing
for the performance, drawing numbers assigning the order of
performances
1:30 - 3:45 pm various creative workshops on the Marjánka premises and at the same
time reflection sessions on individual performances with expert advisers
4:30 - 6:00 pm optional walk through the historical parts of Prague in the vicinity of the
school with program
a free day for individual program (In case you are interested, we can prepare program for your group)
5:30 - 6:30 pm second performances of the selected theatre pieces in the Na Prádle
theatre
Program for the category of participants aged 16 and older
Based on our experience from the first edition of Divadlo jazyků, we expect a high number of participants in this category. We are therefore planning to have two afternoons devoted to this category, with the participants being divided to two groups.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
(Group 1)
1:00 - 2:30 pm arrival at the Na Prádle theatre, getting familiar with the space, preparing
to perform, drawing numbers indicating the order of performances
3:00 - 5:30 pm the performances
from 5:45 pm joint reflection of all groups and all performances with expert advisers,
announcing of the audience prize
Friday, June 17th, 2011
(Group 2)
Saturday, June 19th, 2011
(both groups)
9:00 am - 2:30 pm optional creative workshops
6:00 - 7:30 pm second performances of the selected theatre pieces in the Na Prádle
OTHER PERFORMANCES
We will gladly include all performances into the festival. Any kind of theatre performance that has been rehearsed as a means of learning a second or foreign language has our support and will get its place at Divadlo jazyků as long there is still capacity. Not all performances are suitable for participating in the age-specific categories though, which might be for the folliwing reasons:
- the performance is more than 40 minutes long (including set up and clean-up time)
- the group needs to leave Prague earlier and cannot stay until the evening of Saturday June
18th when the selected performances will be repeated
- the group would like to bring their own larger audience into the theatre
- the group cannot or does not want to participate in reflections and workshops in the planned
time
In case any of the above statements are valid for you, please send us the registration form and in the category section mark "other performances". We will offer you several dates and times for your performance and you will select one suitable for you. The expected dates are June 15, June 19, and June 20th, and June 16-17 in the evening hours.
Festival participants may organize their own accommodation, or they may use our assistance in one of the two following ways:
Lodging at Marjánka Primary School
Festival and conference participants can use free lodging at Marjánka primary school, Bělohorská 52, Prague 6 (very good public transport connection to the town centre and directly to the theatre). Please bring your own sleeping bags and ground pad. In case you would like to use this option, please write to ubytovani_zsmarjanka.cz.
Accomodation at the Strahov Dorm (for conference participants)
Accommodation for the conference participants is possible in Strahov Dorm. A double bed room is 600 CZK/day, a single bed room is 400 CZK/day. You can request breakfast for an extra 80 CZK. In case you are interested, please write to zdislava.cesmy_zsmarjanka.cz.
THE CONFERENCE
The conference will take place on the weekend of June 18-19, 2011 at the Faculty of Education, Charles University Prague. The main aim of the conference is to enable all language teachers who use or are interested in using drama and theatre in their teaching to meet, share their experience, improve and develop their teaching skills, find new supplies of techniques and activities for their classroom, and last but not least, become energized and freshly inspired through spending their weekend in a playful, stimulating and productive environment. Experts on various aspects of the drama approach to foreign language learning are going to share their skills and knowledge in both theoretical and practical presentations. In the afternoon, the participants will watch the festival performances in the Na Pradle theatre. The participation fee is 400 CZK.
The conference is accredited by the Ministry of Education under the number 25 205/2008-25-506.
DIVADLO JAZYKU CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SATURDAY 18. 6. 2011
8:30 - 9:00 registration
9:00 - 9:10 the conference opening
9:10 - 10:00 Language, Adventure, Imagination: Staging FLLT in theatre projects, at schools and
universities
(Adrian Haack, Franziska Elis)
10:00 - 10:15 coffee break
10:15 - 11:45 Improvisation for language learners (Bara Dockalova)
Structuring stories for young learners (Šárka Dohnalová)
Framing a text or a recording in radio role play (Karel Žďárek)
11:45 - 12:15 coffee break
12:15 - 13:00 The Bear Educational Theatre performance
13:00 - 14:30 Round table (mini-presentations of the participants and discussion)
14:30 - 15:45 break (the participants will individually travel to the Na Pradle theatre)
16:00 - 19:30 selected performances from the earlier festival days, Divadlo Na Prádle
SUNDAY 19. 6. 2011
9:00 - 10:30 Acting out songs and chants (František Chlaň)
From still images to natural acting (Michaela Lažanová)
10:30 - 10:50 coffee break
10:50 - 12:05 Using four emotions to create powerful short scenes (David Fisher)
Acting confidently when you don't feel confident (Leah Gaffen)
12:05 - 12:30 coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Drama ve výuce anglického jazyka na druhém stupni ZŠ (Lenka Nováková)
Možnosti hodnocení aktivit ve výuce s divadelními postupy (Marie Kestřánková) IN CZECH
14:00 - 14:30 certificates and raffle
In the afternoon is is possible to watch more performances at the festival.
PRESENTATIONS
Language, Adventure, Imagination: Staging FLLT in theatre projects, at schools and universities (Adrian Haack and Franziska Elis, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Principles, methods and activities from the field of Drama Pedagogy can enrich almost any classroom and learning environment focusing on communication - be it a class of early English learners at elementary school, a group of teenagers on a holiday camp or a course of university students on their way to becoming teachers of foreign languages. Thus, foreign language skills can be developed in a playful and holistic way and communicative and social competences are trained, both in foreign language learning and teaching (FLLT). Individual inhibitions can be overcome in the safeguard of the as-if and role-play, and eventually learners improve their `lifeworld performance`. In our talk we will present various examples and results from projects, seminars and workshops we have been carrying out at Göttingen University over the last few years with pupils of different age groups and backgrounds, students and teachers. For illustration, we will use video excerpts, photos and results from `collaborative creative work`, developed in theatre projects, university classes and on language holiday camps (e.g. our recent “Adventure Theatre Camp” for teenagers). Furthermore, first results of our qualitative and quantitative research will help to specify and validate aims and proceedings. For anyone already involved in drama in education, we hope to deliver scientific acknowledgement and new ideas; anyone still skeptic we aim to convince and give an impulse to go out there and get started. Let´s be adventurous – let´s be imaginative!
Improvisation for language learners (Bára Dočkalová, Language school Jeviste and Basic School Marjánka)
Dramatic improvisation provides perfect training for communicating in unprepared situations. However, the way to becoming a good improviser often involves learning through exercises that are not primarily focussed on language learning (mime, movement etc.) and that are therefore difficult to justify in a language course. In this workshop, I would like to share some ideas for helping language learners become great improvisers through exercises that are language exercises in the first place.
Drama in language teaching and learning (young learners) (Lenka Nováková, Cambridge University Press)
The seminar focuses on using drama situations, texts and drama games. The participants will practice various drama techniques like pair work, group work, TPR, pantomime, improvisation etc. The importance of incorporating these techniques into lessons will be explained, experiencing all the activities will be the essential part of the seminar. A database of sources (e.g. CUP materials) will be made available to the participants. The seminar is aimed at teachers of young learners (10-16 years of age).
Acting out songs and chants (František Chlaň, Základní škola Marjánka)
Over thirty years ago the American singer and ESL teacher Carolyn Graham created her first jazz chants by playing with the natural rhythm of American English. Rhythm and rhyme can turn tedious memorizing into amusement. Why not make these two powerful tools even more efficient by enriching them with emotions and action? The participants will get acquainted with some of Graham’s classic songs and chants. They will try out creating their own chants and they will learn how to make use of some well-known catchy tunes for fixating vocabulary and grammar structures. Having discussed various approaches of acting out the chants, groups of participants will try dramatizing them into short sketches.
From a still image to natural acting: Using theatre techniques in language teaching with a focus on natural performance (Michaela Lažanová, katedra výchovné dramatiky DAMU Praha)
In this seminar, I would like to share the essential steps of a working process in which the emphasis is not only on developing the students' language competences, but also on developing their acting skills. The work will lead from simultaneous activities to group activities that we will observe and discuss. We will take a brief insight into each stage of the work. Our aim will be, among others, to acquire basic theatre competences that lead to successful theatre presentations. The main technique used will be still image and its variations.
Using four emotions to create powerful short scenes (David Fisher, The Bear Educational Theatre)
This is a workshop is designed for teachers working with students aged 11 to 16. It presents a simple but very effective format that helps students to create original but powerful short theatre scenes, which can themselves be the basis for more language work. The idea is to show that you don't have to be a great actor to make good theatre. And you don’t have to be an experienced theatre director to give your students a rewarding theatre experience.
Acting confidently when you don't feel confident: Presentation techniques through drama games and storytelling (Leah Gaffen, Class Acts)
We often talk about the needs of children or students, but what about the needs of the teachers? This workshop will look at theatre, storytelling and communication techniques that can help the teacher develop skills and confidence as a drama leader.
Structuring stories for young learners (Šárka Dohnalová, katedra AJL MU Brno)
Stories give a very good context framework to language work. This approach is looking for possible places for activities within stories as a chance to practice foreign language in a meaningful context. Story-based syllabus offers plentiful possibilities for exploring the story into great depths simultaneously with practicing all the four skills in the natural order starting with listening, speaking, reading and only then writing. We will be using practical samples of work to explore some of the possibilities that can be found within stories. We will be using movement, gestures, voice, visuals, feltboard.
Možnosti hodnocení aktivit ve výuce s divadelními postupy (Marie Kestřánková, ÚBS FF UK) in Czech
Workshop je postaven na analýze ukázky pedagogické práce v jedné vyučovací hodině. Zaměříme se na častou skutečnost, že jazykové vyučování využívající divadelních postupů často probíhá vedle dalších jazykových kurzů postavených na jiných metodách. Komplikuje se tím měřitelnost získaných schopností a dovedností právě v divadelním semináři. V rámci dílny se budou hledat cesty, jak lze po jazykové stránce pohlížet na dílčí výstupy studentů ve vybraných aktivitách.
Framing a text or a recording in radio role play (Karel Žďárek, KAJL PedF UK)
Welcome to the “Radio 1 studio”, a safe and enjoyable environment for every kind of role play situation. The workshop aims to help teachers design a role play activity, cueing material (role/task cards, visuals). Using your own material, we will learn to create a tangible context in which the role play activity will take place. As the workshop progresses, we will use the format of a radio programme to frame any teaching material. We’ll also explore how radio role play can be used for an improvised, guided, or scripted variety series. The outcome can be an inspiration for a stage performance. Note: please bring a piece of language material (ideally a piece of text) that you find most uninteresting or in any way unsuitable for a role play.
Bára Dočkalová is the founder and director of Jeviste, a small language school that specializes in teaching languages through drama and theatre. She has taught drama- and theatre-based language courses for various age groups since 2005, both in the Czech Republic and in the U.S.A. She writes musical EFL plays for children as well as adults. She has taught drama and methodology courses to future English teachers at the Faculty of Education, Charles University Prague. She has designed and developed her own original drama-based FLT method called act and speak, the foundation of which she had laid in her diploma thesis "Drama Project with a Mixed Ability Group" in 2003. In 2007, the act and speak method was incorporated into the language teaching program at Základní škola Marjánka, where Bara now works, teaching English and developing a drama-based curriculum for grades 1 - 5. Together with the Marjanka school, she organizes Divadlo jazyků.
Adrian Haack: Torn between becoming a teacher of English, running holiday camps and theatre groups for children and acting himself, the undergraduate student Adrian Haack found a combination of all his interests and passions in Carola Surkamp´s FLT- class “Drama in the Foreign Language Classroom” in 2006. Having been well-taught in her school of action-/production-orientation and drama-pedagogical methods, soon cooperation between the two arose, also including fellow student Franziska Elis. It resulted in several theatre projects encouraging pupils to act in a foreign language on stage and turning students of the teaching profession into playwrights, actors and directors. Observation, research data and the development of concepts entailed joint publications and Adrians thesis (“Language through Drama through Drama: Experiencing and Applying Theatre Methods in the Education of Foreign Language Teachers”) in 2010. Currently Adrian Haack is working on his dissertation in the field of teacher education and drama pedagogy; for making a living he is also running and teaching in a university programme for key competences in teacher education with practical relevance for the classroom.
Franziska Elis finished her studies in English and Chemistry at the Georg- August- University of Göttingen in 2009. In her final thesis, which originated from Carola Surkamp’s course on “Drama Activities in the Foreign Language Classroom” in 2008, she worked on the use of drama activities in early foreign language learning to improve students’ speaking skills (Original title: „Förderung des Sprechvermögens durch Drama-Aktivitäten: Theorie und Praxis im Anfangsunterricht Englisch“). She has been teaching and researching for her PhD at the Georg-August-University Göttingen since October 2009. With her dissertation she is aiming at developing a concept to smooth the transition from grade four to five for pupils as well as teachers by making use of the potential of drama, especially in the Foreign Language Classroom. Her main research interest is the implementation of drama pedagogical approaches for teaching English as a foreign language at different levels. She has been gaining data and experience in several theatre projects, in cooperation with Adrian Haack, over the last few years.
Michaela Lažanová likes to play. She first graduated from the Bohemistics program at the Philosophical Faculty, Charles University Prague. She taught Czech as a foreign language at several language schools, and she taught Czech language and literature at Czech high schools and an English grammar school. She was constantly looking for ways of making Czech lessons more enjoyable for the students, and that is also why she entered another university program: creative drama at the DAMU, which she completed first with a bachelor and then with a master's degree. In her free time she takes part in reciting festivals, both as a participant (Šrámkova Sobotka, Wolkrův Prostějov, Valašské Meziříčí...) and as a judge (Pražské poetické setkání, Dětská scéna); she participates in theatre sports both as a player (KoPřIVA and OtISk teams) and as a coach (StřeLi team), and she creates various drama in education projects. She enjoys working with both children and adults in a way that allows them to play as much as possible while learning.
František Chlaň studied English and philosophy at Charles University. Apart from his trial-and-error method, his way of teaching is mostly indebted to three courses: Reading and Writing for Critical thinking, Introduction to Act & Speak and Drama Education for Contemporary School. He has taught regular and intensive English courses for adults, a critical thinking seminar for students of Gymnázium Zatlanka and English through drama education for pupils of stage one at ZŠ Marjánka. He writes scripts for children (Bookland, performed in 2010 and 2011) and experiments with dramatizing Carolyn Graham’s Songs and Chants. More details on www.jazykvhrsti.cz.
Marie Kestřánková je v současné době na mateřské dovolené a od října 2011 se vrací k pedagogické činnosti na ÚBS FF UK. Vystudovala český jazyk a literaturu v kombinaci s německým jazykem na Pedagogické fakultě ZČU v Plzni. Na téže instituci je doktorandkou (Specializace v bohemistice, téma disertace: Jevištní tvar jako prostředek výuky). V roce 2006 otevřela divadelní seminář určený cizincům učícím se češtinu jako cizí jazyk, který je dodnes nabízen na Studijním středisku Albertov ÚJOP UK. Je spoluautorkou učebnice Čeština pro cizince – úroveň B1, zabývá se dalším vzděláváním pedagogů (pořádá metodické dílny) a testováním podle SERR v oblasti češtiny jako cizího jazyka. Je členkou České improvizační ligy a Studia uměleckého přednesu.
David Fisher is an actor, director, and author of many educational theatre plays for students of various age groups. He is the founder and director of The Bear Educational Theatre that teaches English through interactive theatre performances. He organizes and teaches workshops for language teachers that are focussed on using drama and theatre, improvisation, and games in the language classroom. He organizes Class in Action, an international festival of English school theatre performances.
Leah Gaffen started using theatre as a means to teach English in 1993, when she came to Prague. Since then she has created English shows and taught drama to students of all ages. She started a project called Class Acts, in which she produced shows in English with Czech children and organized annual theatre festivals. From 1998-2001 she led the English Drama Education Network (EDEN), a British Council initiative to train English teachers in drama. Recently Class Acts became a nonprofit organization dedicated to organizing cultural activities in English for children (www.classacts.cz). Through Class Acts, Leah currently teaches drama and does storytelling and theatre for young children. She also organizes street theatre festivals and puppet workshops for adults with her husband, a professional puppet designer (www.puppetsinprague.eu).
Karel Žďárek teaches English, Drama and PE at Gymnazium Jana Keplera and ELT Methodology and Drama in Education at the Faculty of Education, Charles University Prague where he is currently working on his doctoral studies (Developement of communicative competence using drama techniques). He is a member of a theatre group called Divadlo bez prken and can be seen in two (both) of their plays. His natural inclination towards the use of role-play in teaching English has become a ubiquitous part of his teaching style. Intrigued by his love for improvisation and acting and inspired by Thornbury´s Dogme95 he enjoys the challenges of substituting various classes „open-handed“ building lessons from scratch and thrilled to see what´s about to come next.
Conference participants may organize their own accommodation, or they may use our assistance in one of the two following ways:
Festival and conference participants can use free lodging at Marjánka primary school, Bělohorská 52, Prague 6 (very good public transport connection to the town centre and directly to the theatre). Please bring your own sleeping bag and ground pad.
Accomodation at the Strahov Dorm
Accommodation for the conference participants is possible in Strahov Dorm. A double bed room is 600 CZK/day, a single bed room is 400 CZK/day. You can request breakfast for an extra 80 CZK.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE DIVADLO JAZYKU CONFERENCE
In order to register for the conference, please download the registration form, fill it out, and send it to prague_cambridge.org by May 15, 2011.
Please transfer the registration fee of 400 CZK to the bank account of Jazykova skola Jeviste, account nr. 49198222/2700. For identification of your payment, please state the date of your birth (DDMMYYYY) and your full name. Payments must be received by May 15, 2011.
In case of transferring the registration fee from abroad, please use the following account number and code:
IBAN: CZ4727000000000049198222
BIC (SWIFT): BACXCZPP
Please fill in the disposition "OUR" so that full amount without any deductions is transferred to our account.
(The English version of the registration form will be available soon.)
GALERIE
DIVADLO JAZYKŮ 2009
An article about Divadlo jazyku in Forum, the Charles University journal (in Czech). To read please click here.
Divadlo jazyků on TV news, June 14th, 2009 (in Czech). To watch please click here. (Divadlo jazyků appears in the second minute of the report.)
Bara Dockalova was interviewed in the morning broadcasting on Czech TV's Channel 1 (Studio 6). In Czech. To watch please click here.
An article about Divadlo jazyků in the Prague Post. To read please click here.
The main organizers of Divadlo jazyků:
Cambridge University Press
Faculty of Education, Charles University Prague
Partners:
Jazyková škola Jeviště
Essential financial support is provided by Městská část Praha 6
Divadlo jazyků started in 2009. On the Divadlo Na Prádle stage over fifty performances were shown, from ten-minute sketches to full-length plays. English, German, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, and Czech as a foreign language were heard on stage. On the conference, over sixty teachers with the interest in the drama approach met to gain new skills, knowledge, and inspiration.
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The conference was excellent. Something like that has been missing here for a long time.
Dagmar Štanclová, Základní škola Třebíč
I would like to say thank you one more time for the opportunity to perform at the festival. It was the conclusion of the year's work for us, and a very valuable, unforgettable experience for the children. I must admit I had concerns about what the organization in the theatre would be like: whether there would be enough time for preparing the stage, whether the dressing room wouldn't be crowded, whether the schedule would be kept. The more surprised I was by the relaxed atmosphere. It was amazing, both behind the curtain and in front of it, and we even had a big audience.
Hana Sulková, ZŠ Filosofská
The conference was very well organized and the atmosphere was productive and friendly because there were dedicated professionals both on the side of organizers and on the side of participants. Such encounters are greatly beneficial and motivating for everyone. So many thanks to all the organizers and see you again sometime in the future.
Dana Zažímalová, Vysoká škola polytechnická, Jihlava
Účastníci divadelní přehlídky 12. - 19. června 2009
Divadlo Na Prádle, Besední 3, Praha 1
Základní škola a Mateřská škola Soběšovice
Gymnázium Děčín
EKO Gymnázium, o.p.s., Brno
Gymnázium Budějovická, Praha
1st International School of Ostrava
Základní škola waldorfská České Budějovice o.p.s.
ZŠ a MŠ Červený vrch, Praha
ZŠ Okružní 1235, Most
Základní škola Mostek
Gymnázium Pardubice
Gymnázium Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (soubor Fellowship of Gustav)
Gymnázium Litomyšl
Základní škola Marjánka, Praha
Jazyková škola Jeviště, Praha
Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze
Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Ústav jazykové a odborné přípravy – studijní středisko Albertov
Societá Dante Alighieri, Praha
ZŠ Praha 13, Mládí 135
ZŠ s RVJ a RVTV Filosofská, Praha
Agentura London Way, Praha
Základní škola Kladská, Praha
Základní škola Hornoměcholupská, Praha
Konference Divadlo jayzků, 13. - 14. 6. 2009
Pedagogická Fakulta UK, Celetná 13, Praha 1
SOBOTA 13. 6. 2009
8:30 - 8:55 Registrace
9:00 Oficiální zahájení konference
9:15 - 10:15 From the communicative towards a performative turn in modern language education!?
(Manfred Schewe)
10:15 - 10:30 Přestávka s občerstvením
10:30 – 11:30 Let's Do a Show! (Leah Gaffen)
Loops (Barbora Dočkalová)
11:30 – 1:45 Přestávka s občerstvením
