Exploring drama as an additional language through research-based theatre

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dc.contributor.authorWager, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorBelliveau, George
dc.contributor.authorBeck, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorW. Lea, Graham
dc.contributor.editorSchewe, Manfreden
dc.contributor.editorEven, Susanneen
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-24T14:54:03Z
dc.date.available2022-03-24T14:54:03Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the social, cultural, and emotional learning that occurred when drama was used with a group of native English speakers and English Language Learners (ELL) to build community. These learners consisted of university Drama in Education students who led a group of elementary students in an after-school drama program in Vancouver, Canada. University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers investigated the potential that drama has to build community with learners from multiple backgrounds and ages. The researchers also examined the potential that theatre methods have to analyze and represent findings discovered within the research data. In reflecting upon the learning that supported the community building, three themes were identified within the data: process and product, negotiation and conflict, and the building of community. ELL Program Leaders' journals were used as data to explore the Program Leaders’ perspectives of how the drama program influenced their language acquisition skills and cultural understanding. As the data were analyzed, the researchers transformed recurring themes and significant findings into a dramatic text. This text, created and performed by the researchers at multiple conferences, is integrated into the article. Reflections from the researchers are also shared, along with insights gained while developing and presenting their research-based theatre piece. This article explores the social, cultural, and emotional learning that occurred when drama was used with a group of native English speakers and English Language Learners (ELL) to build community. These learners consisted of university Drama in Education students who led a group of elementary students in an after-school drama program in Vancouver, Canada. University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers investigated the potential that drama has to build community with learners from multiple backgrounds and ages. The researchers also examined the potential that theatre methods have to analyze and represent findings discovered within the research data. In reflecting upon the learning that supported the community building, three themes were identified within the data: process and product, negotiation and conflict, and the building of community. ELL Program Leaders' journals were used as data to explore the Program Leaders’ perspectives of how the drama program influenced their language acquisition skills and cultural understanding. As the data were analyzed, the researchers transformed recurring themes and significant findings into a dramatic text. This text, created and performed by the researchers at multiple conferences, is integrated into the article. Reflections from the researchers are also shared, along with insights gained while developing and presenting their research-based theatre piece.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationWager, A., Belliveau, G., Beck, J. and W. Lea, G. (2009) 'Exploring drama as an additional language through research-based theatre', Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, III(2), pp. 47-60. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.3.2.4en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.3.2.4
dc.identifier.endpage60
dc.identifier.issn1649-8526
dc.identifier.issued2
dc.identifier.journalabbrevScenarioen
dc.identifier.journaltitleScenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage47
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12973
dc.identifier.volumeIII
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of German, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/scenario/article/view/scenario-3-2-4
dc.rights© 2009, 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.titleExploring drama as an additional language through research-based theatreen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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