The Summer School is aimed at Master’s students, PhD students, young researchers, scholars and practitioners in the area of second language learning and teaching who already engage in or would like to become involved in theatre/drama activities and research into these. The Summer School will be divided into morning seminars, in which examples of good practice and research methodology will be presented by experts in the field. The afternoon sessions, instead will be devoted to practical workshop activities. The last morning will consist of a round table where participants will be encouraged to reflect on possible future collaboration and projects.

Summer School, University of Padova, 28 August – 1 September 2017

Argument

The Summer School is aimed at Master’s students, PhD students, young researchers, scholars and practitioners in the area of second language learning and teaching who already engage in or would like to become involved in theatre/drama activities and research into these. The Summer School will be divided into morning seminars, in which examples of good practice and research methodology will be presented by experts in the field. The afternoon sessions, instead will be devoted to practical workshop activities. The last morning will consist of a round table where participants will be encouraged to reflect on possible future collaboration and projects.

Participation guidelines

A maximum of 25 participants will be able to sign up for the Summer School. There will be no registration fee for this first edition of the Summer School, but all participants will be expected to attend all days of the Summer School. There will also be two scholarships of 500 euro for young researchers.

Participants will be expected to make their own travel arrangements, but the organisers will be able to suggest possible accommodation in Padova.

If you are interested in participating, could you please fill in this form no later than 30 June 2017.

Website & application form: http://www.disll.unipd.it/role-drama-higher-and-adult-language-education-theory-practice

Seminars and workshops on:

• inclusion in second-language drama;
• non-verbal communication;
• improvisation and devising;
• working with texts;
• Process Drama;
• assessing language competence in drama projects;
• researching second-language drama.

Speakers and facilitators

• Jean-Rémi Lapaire, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
• Erika Piazzoli, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Chiara Piola Caselli, Università di Perugia, Italy
• Anna Santucci, Brown University, USA
• Garret Scally, Manchester University, UK
• Manfred Schewe, University College Cork, Ireland
• Marie Line Zucchiatti, Università di Bologna, Italy

For further information contact:

• Fiona Dalziel, Università degli Studi di Padova: fionaclare.dalziel@unipd.it
• Filippo Fonio, Université Grenoble Alpes: filippo.fonio@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Draft programme

Monday 28th August

10.00 – 13.00 Sala Scattola, Palazzo Maldura Registration and Welcome House-keeping Introducing ourselves Coffee break

Seminar 1: The State of the Art – Manfred Schewe Discussion

15.00 – 18.30 University Language Centre

Seminar 2: Voice training in foreign-language drama – Erika Piazzoli

Break

Workshop 1: Voice – Erika Piazzoli

Tuesday 29th August

9.30 – 13.00 University Language Centre      

Seminar 3: Process Drama and inclusion in second-language drama: a project with adult migrants – Erika Piazzoli/Fiona Dalziel Discussion

Break

Workshop 2: Non-verbal communication – Jean-Rémi Lapaire – 1.5 hours

14.30 – 18.00 University Language Centre     Workshop 3:

Process drama – Erika Piazzoli

Wednesday 30th August

10.00 – 18.00 University Language Centre Seminar 4 + Workshop 4

Creative Collaboration and Group Devised Theatre – Garret Scally

14.30 – 18.00 University Language Centre Workshop 5:

Boal’s theatre of the oppressed and FL teaching – Anna Santucci

Thursday 31st August

9.30 – 13.00 University Language Centre      Seminar 4:

Reading culture: from text to performance in second-language theatre Anna Santucci, Filippo Fonio (with Chiara Piola Caselli), Manfred Schewe Break

Discussion 

14.30 – 18.00 University Language Centre    Workshop 6 A & B:

Working with texts – English and Italian/French

A Italian/French: Marie-Line Zucchiatti, Filippo Fonio B English: Fiona Dalziel

Friday 1st September

9.30 – 13.00      Drama and assessment – Jean-Rémi Lapaire, Filippo Fonio Drama and the curriculum – Anna Santucci

Break

Round Table Discussion:

Researching second-language theatre and drama