Summarizing " How to Approach Speaking and Listening through Drama "
" How to Approach Speaking and Listening through Drama " 1. How to Begin with Teacher in Role - Why use teacher in role? The most important resource you have as a teacher when using drama is yourself. One of the best ways to do that in drama work is to be inside the drama . Therefore , at the centre of the dramas that we include in this book , is the key teaching technique that is used , namely teacher in role . Many times we have watched trainee teachers with a class of children struggling to get attention when giving instructions in traditional teacher mode . Yet , as soon as they move into role , they obtain that attention more effectively . For example , a trainee was talking out of role to a class to explain that they were about to meet a girl who was having trouble with her father and needed their help . She picked up a ribbon with a ring threaded on it and put it round her neck as the role signifier . The trainee was n...