Drama: Threat or opportunity? Managing the ‘dual affect’ in process drama

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dc.contributor.authorPiazzoli, Erika
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Claire
dc.contributor.editorSchewe, Manfreden
dc.contributor.editorEven, Susanneen
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T11:22:20Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T11:22:20Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we discuss the construct of ‘dual affect’ and its relevance to drama pedagogy in a foreign language teaching context. We draw on a research project involving a group of advanced learners of Italian using drama-based strategies. We begin with a theoretical discussion of dual affect, aesthetic distance, and protection mechanisms in the drama/language classroom. Next, we contextualise the research study and analyse student-participants’ responses in selected moments of the drama. The analysis suggests that, while some student-participants experienced the dual affect of drama as a threat, others found it a stimulus for reflection and a challenge. We argue that this may have had an impact on their perceived learning outcomes and on their willingness to communicate in the target language. We take this opportunity to reflect on the importance of managing dual affect in the process drama classroom, especially when working with advanced language students who have no prior experience in drama-based pedagogy.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationPiazzoli, E. and Kennedy, C. (2014) 'Drama: Threat or opportunity? Managing the ‘dual affect’ in process drama', Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, VIII(1), pp. 52-68. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.8.1.5en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.8.1.5
dc.identifier.endpage68
dc.identifier.issn1649-8526
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevScenarioen
dc.identifier.journaltitleScenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage52
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12770
dc.identifier.volumeVIII
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of German, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/scenario-8-1-5
dc.rights© 2014, The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleDrama: Threat or opportunity? Managing the ‘dual affect’ in process dramaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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