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The fully revised edition of this 'classic' helps teachers give their learners the tools they need to express themselves through a range of stimulating drama contexts. This completely revised edition of the classic title Drama Techniques provides: *150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice *a large selection of drama-based techniques which focus learners' attention on communicative tasks or activities *techniques suitable for all levels *clear instructions for the teacher *advice on how to use the techniques in the classroom
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Drama Techniques Third Edition Cambridge Handbooks for LanguageTeachers This is a series of practical guides for teachers of English and other languages. Illustrative examples are usually drawn from the field of English as a foreign or second language, but the ideas and techniques described can equally well be used in the teaching of any language. Recent titles in this series: Ways of Doing Students explore their everyday and classroom processes paul davis, barbara garside and mario rinvolucri Using Newspapers in the Classroom paul sanderson Teaching Adult Second Language Learners heather mckay and abigail tom Teaching English Spelling A practical guide ruth shemesh and sheila waller Using the Board in the Language Classroom jeannine dobbs Learner English (second edition) michael swan and bernard smith Teaching Large Multilevel Classes natalie hess Writing Simple Poems Pattern poetry for language acquisition vicki l. holmes and margaret r. moulton Using Folktales eric taylor Laughing Matters Humour in the language classroom péter medgyes Personalizing Language Learning Personalized language learning activities griff griffiths and kathryn keohane Using Authentic Video in the Language Classroom jane sherman Teach Business English A comprehensive introduction to Business English sylvie donna Stories Narrative activities for the language classroom ruth wajnryb Learner Autonomy A guide to activities which encourage learner responsibility ágota scharle and anita szabó Language Activities for Teenagers edited by seth lindstromberg The Internet and the Language Classroom Practical classroom activities and projects gavin dudeney Pronunciation Practice Activities A resource book for teaching English pronunciation martin hewings Planning Lessons and Courses Designing sequences of work for the language classroom tessa woodward Five-Minute Activities for Business English paul emmerson and nick hamilton Drama Techniques Third Edition A resource book of communication activities for language teachers Alan Maley and Alan Duff CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C ambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 8ru, UK www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521601191 © Cambridge University Press 1978, 1982, 2005 It is normally necessary for written permission for copying to be obtained in advance from a publisher. Certain parts of this book are designed to be copied and distributed in class. The normal requirements are waived here and it is not necessary to write to Cambridge University Press for permission for an individual teacher to make copies for use within his or her own classroom. Only those pages which carry the wording ‘© Cambridge University Press 2005’ may be copied. First published 1978 Second edition 1982 Third edition 2005 4th printing 2009 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library isbn 978-0-521-60119-1 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third