Drama techniques : a resource book of communication activities for language teachers

Drama Techniques Third edition is a resource book of communicative activities for language teachers. This completely revised edition of the classic title Drama Techniques provides: *150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice *a large selection of drama-based techniques which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities *techniques suitable for all levels *clear instructions for the teacher *advice on how to use the techniques in the classroom

Thanks and acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
1 Getting ready	p. 6
Non-verbal warming-up activities	p. 7
1.1 Handshakes	p. 7
1.2 Hand catching	p. 8
1.3 Mirror hands	p. 9
1.4 Numbers in your head	p. 11
1.5 Clap around the circle	p. 12
1.6 Swings	p. 13
1.7 Catch the ball	p. 15
1.8 Beat out that rhythm	p. 16
1.9 Touch it	p. 17
1.10 Blind	p. 17
Non-verbal cooling-down activities	p. 18
1.11 Breathing	p. 18
1.12 Feeling my space	p. 19
1.13 Feeling your muscles	p. 20
1.14 From seed to plant	p. 21
1.15 Slow motion	p. 21
1.16 Just relax	p. 22
1.17 Directed relaxation	p. 23
1.18 Going with the flow	p. 24
Verbal exercises	p. 26
1.19 Football wave	p. 26
1.20 Can you do this?	p. 27
1.21 The sun and the moon	p. 27
1.22 Back writing	p. 28
1.23 Gobbledy-gook	p. 29
1.24 And I'm a butcher	p. 30
1.25 Let me tell you something about X	p. 30
1.26 Something in common	p. 31
1.27 Directed group visualisation	p. 32
1.28 Childhood memories	p. 33
1.29 Personalities/celebrities	p. 34
Group formation activities	p. 35
1.30 Strings	p. 35
1.31 Atom 3!	p. 36
1.32 Mix and mingle	p. 36
1.33 I've got my eye on you!	p. 36
1.34 I know what I like	p. 37
2 Observation	p. 38
2.1 Freeze!	p. 38
2.2 Back-to-back	p. 39
2.3 Say `Cheese'	p. 40
2.4 Just listening	p. 40
2.5 I said, he said, she said...	p. 41
2.6 Minimal differences	p. 42
2.7 My potato	p. 43
2.8 Kim's game	p. 44
2.9 Familiar scenes	p. 45
2.10 Like me? Like you?	p. 46
2.11 First this, then that...	p. 47
2.12 Picture memory	p. 48
3 Working with mime	p. 50
3.1 What am I doing?	p. 50
3.2 My word	p. 53
3.3 Metronome mime	p. 54
3.4 Difficulty with large or small objects	p. 55
3.5 Exchanging objects	p. 56
3.6 Taste, touch, smell...	p. 57
3.7 What time of day is it?	p. 59
3.8 Mimes from the past	p. 60
3.9 Miming a poem	p. 61
3.10 Miming noises	p. 63
3.11 Normal, slow, fast	p. 64
3.12 Hotel receptionist	p. 66
4 Working with the voice	p. 69
Preparing for voicework	p. 69
4.1 Relaxation	p. 70
4.2 Physical warm ups	p. 71
4.3 Breathing	p. 73
4.4 Warming up the voice	p. 75
4.5 Preparing the articulators	p. 77
4.6 Volume	p. 78
Working with the voice	p. 79
4.7 Thinking about my voice	p. 79
4.8 Changing voices	p. 81
4.9 Delayed repetition	p. 83
4.10 Working on words	p. 84
4.11 A vocal tapestry	p. 85
4.12 Shifting the stress	p. 87
4.13 Listing	p. 88
4.14 Elastic sentences	p. 89
4.15 Playing with the text	p. 92
4.16 Listen to me!	p. 95
4.17 Group orchestration of texts	p. 96
5 Working with objects	p. 99
5.1 What am I holding?	p. 99
5.2 My special object, your special object...	p. 101
5.3 Metamorphosis	p. 102
5.4 The envelope	p. 103
5.5 The all-purpose object	p. 104
5.6 Stone, wood and metal	p. 105
5.7 It meant a lot to me...	p. 107
5.8 Fashion show	p. 107
5.9 Where did you get that hat?	p. 108
5.10 Masks	p. 110
5.11 What am I bid?	p. 111
5.12 Symbols and icons	p. 113
5.13 Who's the owner?	p. 114
6 Working with visuals	p. 116
6.1 Self-portraits	p. 116
6.2 Identikit	p. 118
6.3 From my album	p. 119
6.4 Space invaders	p. 120
6.5 High points	p. 123
6.6 Portraits	p. 124
6.7 Becoming a picture	p. 126
6.8 Bringing a picture to life	p. 127
6.9 Picture sets	p. 129
6.10 Faces and places	p. 130
6.11 Split cartoons	p. 131
6.12 Mood pictures	p. 135
6.13 Pictures from music	p. 136
6.14 Recreating the scene	p. 138
6.15 Guided visualisation	p. 139
6.16 Characters from fiction	p. 142
7 Working with the imagination	p. 145
7.1 Something in common	p. 145
7.2 Statues	p. 146
7.3 Amazimbi	p. 147
7.4 Patent pending	p. 149
7.5 Making a machine	p. 150
7.6 Waking dream	p. 152
7.7 Festival	p. 153
7.8 It's against the law	p. 154
7.9 Time's arrow	p. 156
7.10 Our new constitution	p. 157
8 Working from/into words, phrases, sentences	p. 160
8.1 My favourite word	p. 160
8.2 The feel of words	p. 161
8.3 Real English or not?	p. 163
8.4 What's in a name?	p. 165
8.5 Words and movement	p. 166
8.6 Tableaux	p. 168
8.7 Praise songs	p. 169
8.8 Group story	p. 170
8.9 Off the cuff	p. 171
8.10 Mirror words	p. 172
8.11 Charades	p. 174
8.12 Split headlines	p. 175
8.13 Split exchanges	p. 177
8.14 People, places, problems and things	p. 180
8.15 Odd news	p. 182
8.16 Proverbs in action	p. 184
8.17 First lines	p. 186
9 Working from/into texts	p. 189
9.1 Mini-texts	p. 189
9.2 What next?	p. 192
9.3 Starters	p. 194
9.4 Tops and tails	p. 196
9.5 Jumbled stories	p. 198
9.6 What are they saying?	p. 200
9.7 Stop press	p. 202
10 Working from/into scenarios and scripts	p. 205
10.1 One-word dialogues	p. 205
10.2 Dialogue interpretation	p. 207
10.3 Alibi	p. 209
10.4 Just a minute	p. 210
10.5 Telephone conversations	p. 213
10.6 Conflict	p. 216
10.7 Tension	p. 218
10.8 The hole	p. 220
10.9 Role reversal	p. 222
10.10 A real bargain	p. 224
10.11 Real theatre scripts	p. 226
11 Into Performance	p. 229
Benefits from performance	p. 229
How to tackle the 'Play project'	p. 230
Selecting a play	p. 230
Getting to know the text	p. 232
Warming up	p. 234
Improvisation	p. 234
Rehearsal	p. 235
Involving everyone	p. 237
A few practical considerations	p. 238
Some possible sources for plays	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 240
Index	p. 244

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