Workshop by Mark Almond, 2023

On Monday, 8 May, and Tuesday, 9 May, DELP hosted Mark Almond from Christchurch University, Canterbury. 
During his stay, Mark did a workshop for teacher trainees titled Improvisation Techniques For Extended Speaking Practice.
In this practical, hands-on session, he demonstrated practical ways of helping our EFL learners become more confident, effective and spontaneous speakers using improvisation techniques that can be applied to just about any speaking activity. The interactive talk on Tuesday was called Let’s get theatrical with our trainees and focused on the benefits of bringing a drama approach into initial teacher training programs. Mark provided both theoretical background to and examples of the way drama activities can help future teachers find their voice and their authentic self in the classroom.