A performative approach to teaching poetry for language development

Conference keynote

Almond, M. 2019. A performative approach to teaching poetry for language development.
AuthorsAlmond, M.
TypeConference keynote
ContributorsAlmond, M.
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This plenary paper began by briefly outlining the linguistic, confidence- and group-building benefits of getting students to dramatise poetry and then detailed a possible systematic approach to identifying ways to develop students’ expressiveness through body and voice enabling them to perform a text in collaborative and creative ways.

Year2019
ConferenceTheatre in Education Congress 2019
Official URLhttp://theatred.net/
FunderTheatrEd, Buenos Aires
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Deposited10 Oct 2019
Completed03 May 2019
Output statusUnpublished
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