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writing through role play activities

writing through role play activities. Aosta 2011. Role play. Role-play is a natural part of a child’s every day life. By role playing, children gradually learn to think in the foreign language.

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writing through role play activities

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  1. www.paoloiotti.net writing through role play activities Aosta 2011

  2. Role play • Role-play is a natural part of a child’s every day life. • By role playing, children gradually learn to think in the foreign language. • They develop confidence, good pronunciation, good intonation and.. they don’t need to translate into their mother tongue. www.paoloiotti.net

  3. Role-play for young learners can be... • warm ups • free expression, improvisation • based on sketches and stories • related to the “here and now” of the classroom • simulations of future or past situations www.paoloiotti.net www.elionline.com

  4. Various aspects of languagewhere role-play works • Social dimension • Affective dimension • Pragmatic dimension • Self dimension • Choice dimension • Time dimension www.paoloiotti.net

  5. From Stories to Role Plays • 1- Pupils listen to the story or follow it on the video. • 2- The teacher reads the story and mimes the different scenes, modulating and changing tone of voice; the pupils listen and repeat the gestures. www.paoloiotti.net

  6. From Stories to Role Plays • 3- The pupils listen to or watch the story again and mime the characters’ gestures; the teacher does not ask them to repeat the dialogues, but if some pupils want to try, they should be encouraged, (making mistakes is a valid learning process). www.paoloiotti.net

  7. From Stories to Role Plays • 4- The teacher reads the story again, without miming while the pupils do the correct gestures. • The children are not required to speak, but anything they choose to say is welcome! www.paoloiotti.net

  8. From Stories to Role Plays • 5- Pupils follow the story again this time they have to concentrate on what they see (either in the book or on the video) : the expressions of the characters, colours, objects, and backgrounds. www.paoloiotti.net

  9. From Stories to Role Plays • 6- The teacher asks the pupils to close their eyes, listen to the story and mime as many details as possible of what they have seen and heard. • 7- Now the pupils are ready to speak. www.paoloiotti.net www.elionline.com

  10. From Stories to Role Plays • 8- The pupils, divided into groups, are now ready to study the story; they know they will be asked to act out their stories in front of the class. • 9- The teacher invites the pupils to bring or create objects or masks to make the story more realistic. www.paoloiotti.net www.elionline.com

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