CEU UCH,<\/a> which was aimed at prospective students of the degrees in Physiotherapy, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\nAbout eighty students from a variety of backgrounds attended the four-week course. In my class I chose, as an additional activity, to explore role-playing, within the context of new technologies and practical experimentation. You can see photos of the results below.<\/p>\n
It was interesting to see that it really is true that “you are what you do<\/strong>“, as when you become more involved in your learning, you learn more. The students were put into groups of around four people, and they all had time to prepare their different roles they had to fulfill. The students performed their scenes on the Malvarrosa beach, where they also participated in other communicative activities.<\/p>\nI was impressed by several things:<\/p>\n
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\n- Firstly, the teamwork, in which people from different backgrounds with
\na\u00a0limited\u00a0knowledge\u00a0of the language all joined in to prepare the performance of the scene.<\/li>\n - Secondly, the imagination they brought to their roles, making it seem like reality rather than fiction.<\/li>\n
- Third, the mise en sc\u00e8ne<\/em>, showing exceptional precision and eye for detail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Two examples that particularly caught my attention were:<\/p>\n
The students had to sell rat milk to the other students. One group did the following: a student read an advertisement while two gave a bottle to the protagonist, who sat on the floor, made gestures to accompany whatever the other student was reading: thanks to this product, his beard grew, his muscles became stronger, etc. \u201cDrink rat milk!\u201d<\/p>\n
A scene from Titanic where Rose says goodbye to Jack, who dies. After setting up a kind of bed with chairs, the girl grabbed the hand of the guy who was on his knees and said to him: “Jack, I will never\u00a0forget you”. Everyone was able to guess which movie it was.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jKLONTieD28<\/p>\n
Given how well this worked, I think acting and role-playing should be practiced more often in language courses. They get the students really involved, they don\u2019t forget what they learn \u2013 and they have fun at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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