Theater for Language Teaching and Learning: The E Theater, a Holistic Methodology

This article reports the findings of a qualitative study based on a long-term application of a theater content-based methodology for L2 learning, supported by professionals in theater and in foreign languages, in The E Theater: an English as a foreign language theater interdisciplinary group at Univ...

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Autores:
Gualdron, Evelyn
Castillo, Edna
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66854
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66854
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67882/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
hipótesis de adquisición de una segunda lengua de Krashen
instrucción basada en contenido
teatro para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua
Content-based instruction
Krashen’s language hypotheses
theater for L2 teaching and learning
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openAccess
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Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This article reports the findings of a qualitative study based on a long-term application of a theater content-based methodology for L2 learning, supported by professionals in theater and in foreign languages, in The E Theater: an English as a foreign language theater interdisciplinary group at Universidad Nacional de Colombia that has been active since 2008. The data were collected through a longitudinal semi-structured survey, interviews of the participants of the event, and a focus group. As a result, participants stated lowering their affective filter and benefits in their production and comprehension of L2 skills, their intercultural competence, and their cognitive processing of the language derived from the methodology carried out.