Theatre in the Classroom - a Young Learners Workshop
December 3rd, 2011Workshop from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Followed by the TESOL France Annual General Assembly from 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: Telecom ParisTech
Room: F503
In this workshop, Peter Dyer will be offering participants a series of activities aimed at getting young learners to improvise using their voices and bodies. They will be involved with activities which will encourage group co-ordination or dynamics, exercises to develop their imaginations, speaking skills and story creation skills. Participants will be encouraged to try out the activities and during the session and ask Peter any questions to clarify the purposes of the activities. Participants can take part actively and openly in all activities and be prepared to take risks so that they are able to benefit from trying out the ideas before analyzing its value in the classroom. If teachers can take these risks, they will be able to pass on the ideas with confidence to their young learners. We are guaranteed to have a lot of fun!
Peter Dyer comes from a theatre background in Melbourne, Australia. He appeared many times on television series and one or two appearances in films. He worked extensively in theatre appearing in improvised productions as well as contemporary and classical theatre.He also worked with voice overs for television, film, training films and radio. He also appeared in plays written for radio. During this time he trained young actors in theatre skills and in the" Theatre of the Grotesque". He is a qualified secondary teacher in Drama and Media Arts and has taught in many secondary and primary schools. His last long standing position in Secondary schools was with Kent College, Kent, Canterbury, teaching English as a second language and Drama from 2003 to 2009. Over many years he has taught English to young adults, children and adults including teacher training. He has used his theatre background to assist teachers in using theatre or drama skills to improve communication in the language classroom and to improve their own communication skills. He is currently working for a major language school in Paris teaching Business English but specializing in communication and presentation skills. He is also working on a book on his experience to offer activities that are useful for teachers of young learners. He continues to work with the Pilgrims organisation mainly in Teacher Training and Business.