Teaching Drama and Themes of Diversity

Course content

This class on didactics of literature will focus on the unique potential of Drama in the EFL classroom. We will read a selection of plays, ranging from Shakespeare to the documentary theatre of Anna Deavere Smith, and create tasks and lesson plans for them. We will explore a range of general teaching tools for Drama, targeted at various levels of language competency; the primary focus, however, will be utilizing the plays to allow (school) students to acquire competency and analytical skills with regards to historical and contemporary representations of race and gender.

The syllabus will be available on Stud.IP in advance of the semester.