BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal, 2018
The English teaching classroom can be the stage for different tasks for oral development. The art... more The English teaching classroom can be the stage for different tasks for oral development. The artistic concept of performance for creating scenes for the practice of speaking in the classroom can put the student to reflect on the language choices that he makes during a task. Performance scenes can be moments of creation, risk, and experimentation with the language that lead the student to outcomes possibly not imagined by him initially. By creating opportunities for performance tasks for students to use the target language, students can be empowered to “go beyond themselves in order to become who they are by being who they are not” (Holzman, 1997), discovering new ways of negotiation and expression in another language.
The objective of this research is to understand critically the role of Improvisation in the activ... more The objective of this research is to understand critically the role of Improvisation in the activity of teaching and learning in English. This research seeks to understand critically the concept of performance proposed by Holzman on student participation in classroom scenes of improvisation. It also discusses their post discussion on the outcome of this activity to a critical-reflexive action in the world, from the production of shared meanings. The theoretical basis lies in the Activity Theory as initiated by the work of Vygotsky, along with Leontiev and Engeström, Play and the concepts of Vygotsky's ZPD. This work is a Critical Collaboration Research to design transformation through active participation and joint negotiation of meanings. The focus of this type of research is to know, observe, make it possible to enable interventions, contributing to references in the production of argumentative students and teachers. The data were produced by video recordings. Four classes were selected for their excerpts compose the corpus for analysis. The categories of analysis and interpretation were created from Pontecorvo, Magalhães, Vygotsky, Bahktin and Muniz. The analysis indicates that students produce knowledge collaboratively among the participants in the classroom. Moreover, students develop argumentation in English to externalize knowledge that can be reflected in experiences outside of school.
BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal, 2018
The English teaching classroom can be the stage for different tasks for oral development. The art... more The English teaching classroom can be the stage for different tasks for oral development. The artistic concept of performance for creating scenes for the practice of speaking in the classroom can put the student to reflect on the language choices that he makes during a task. Performance scenes can be moments of creation, risk, and experimentation with the language that lead the student to outcomes possibly not imagined by him initially. By creating opportunities for performance tasks for students to use the target language, students can be empowered to “go beyond themselves in order to become who they are by being who they are not” (Holzman, 1997), discovering new ways of negotiation and expression in another language.
The objective of this research is to understand critically the role of Improvisation in the activ... more The objective of this research is to understand critically the role of Improvisation in the activity of teaching and learning in English. This research seeks to understand critically the concept of performance proposed by Holzman on student participation in classroom scenes of improvisation. It also discusses their post discussion on the outcome of this activity to a critical-reflexive action in the world, from the production of shared meanings. The theoretical basis lies in the Activity Theory as initiated by the work of Vygotsky, along with Leontiev and Engeström, Play and the concepts of Vygotsky's ZPD. This work is a Critical Collaboration Research to design transformation through active participation and joint negotiation of meanings. The focus of this type of research is to know, observe, make it possible to enable interventions, contributing to references in the production of argumentative students and teachers. The data were produced by video recordings. Four classes were selected for their excerpts compose the corpus for analysis. The categories of analysis and interpretation were created from Pontecorvo, Magalhães, Vygotsky, Bahktin and Muniz. The analysis indicates that students produce knowledge collaboratively among the participants in the classroom. Moreover, students develop argumentation in English to externalize knowledge that can be reflected in experiences outside of school.
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for performance tasks for students to use the target language, students can be empowered to “go beyond themselves in order to become who they are by being who they are not” (Holzman, 1997), discovering new ways of negotiation and expression in another language.
Keywords: performance; speaking; play; improvisation.
for performance tasks for students to use the target language, students can be empowered to “go beyond themselves in order to become who they are by being who they are not” (Holzman, 1997), discovering new ways of negotiation and expression in another language.
Keywords: performance; speaking; play; improvisation.