The use of drama in second language acquisition has long been recognized. The practice of drama, through ludic activities as well as the presentation of performative projects, can contribute to the mastery of cognitive, emotional, and cultural skills in a single artistic context, in a way that is quite similar to the experience of real communication. The Acting Workshop in Spanish course offers to advanced-level students the opportunity to create performances, write their original plays, improvise, as well as analyze written texts, similar to the process of staging a play. In the process, the student will extensively develop their phonetic, linguistic, pragmatic, literary, and communicative skills, through theatre games, creative practices, Total Physical Response situations, and rehearsal processes. The final class project will be shared with an audience from the Spanish-speaking community. No experience in Acting or Theatre is needed.
Hispanic Studies 306.