Available courses
Intro to the world of drama and drama-based curricula
This course is intended to provide information about drama methods to improve speaking skills of ELT teachers in both elementary and secondary level schools.
Acquirements at the end of the course:
At the end of the course the teachers will gain in-dept knowledge of drama-based speaking activities, improve their pedagogical skills, develop their language and cultural understanding as well as make their teaching more fun.
a deeper understanding of drama and its benefits in the classroom
understand the skills about how to use unique drama-based speaking assessment rubric
knowledge regarding how to use e-learning platform
equip teachers with drama skills to integrate them into improving the speaking skills of their students via using drama-based speaking curriculum, learning activities, training materials including an authentic rubric.
develop both teachers and students' identity, imagination and creative via applying drama-based activities and make them always different, new and innovative
gain knowledge, skills on the theoretical framework of drama education and tools in the form of drama techniques, methods that teachers, professors could use in their educational work
Teachers will be able to create their own drama-based speaking learning activities
Teachers will be equipped with the skills to support teaching by using types of drama (i.e. miming, short play, role-plays improvisation, script).
Teaches will gain skills to develop their students' speaking skills and decrease their anxiety levels, increase their self-confidence and enjoyment by utilizing drama-based speaking activities
Teachers will have an understanding of gaining innovative skills to improve speaking skills in teaching English as a foreign language and intercultural skills, EU citizenship and values.
Training module: how to do
This course is intended to train the English language teachers in primary and secondary schools about how to design, implement, assess and use drama-based speaking activities.
Acquirements at the end of the course
By being able to create drama-based speaking activities ELT teachers will be able to use them in their classes and contribute more efficiently to the development of their students' speaking skills.
Teacher will gain skills, knowledge about how to create an innovative curricula including drama-based speaking activities and will enrich their professional skills in developing speaking skills of their students
Teachers will be fully aware of the benefits of drama-based activities
Teachers will be able to assess and gain insights about their learners' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour with respect to the target language
give teachers an effective methodical tool of how to educate learners for improving speaking skills via drama
equip teachers with drama skills in teaching English as a foreign language to create their own drama-based learning activities
teachers will be able to adapt drama activities into the teachings for improving the speaking skill
Language teachers will be able to design and apply theme-based future drama-based speaking curricula and learning activities that can also be used as a supplementary tool.
Language teachers will be able to develop and design level and age-appropriate drama-based speaking activities
Through the use of songs, chants, rhymes, exploring mimics in their drama-based speaking activities, teachers will have the chance to understand how to assess:
- vocabulary acquisition
- pronunciation
- reading and understanding
- listening
Teachers will have an understanding of gaining innovative skills to improve speaking skills in teaching English as a foreign language and intercultural skills, EU citizenship and values.