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von Debbie Sedley Vor 7 Jahren

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Teaching Shakespeare to students in London, particularly those from diverse linguistic backgrounds, presents unique challenges and opportunities. Given the high number of immigrants and the variety of languages spoken, educators must adapt their methods to accommodate English as an Additional Language (

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Teaching Shakespeare in London

Teaching English to EAL groups

While teaching
a little bit of acting

freeze frame - how is the character feeling at this point

hot seating - interviewing the characters

finger puppetry

never use the whole play

use  only key phrases on a PP with pictures

Magna Version

have students write in the first language

have students write what characters are saying in modern Englsih

PreTeaching
story telling - introducing characters

predictions -  What do you think will happen to two teenagers who love each other but the families hate each other?

personality quizzes - trying to identify and empathize with characters

scenes - guess characters

vocabulary bank

The area is question

A high majority of the population are from India, Pakistan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Somalia
Afghanistan - 28.1 percent of this country’s population are literate

Somalia - 37.8 of Somalia’s population is literate.

Problem

596000 -624000 Annual New Immigrants to London
There are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London.

Of the 8.6 million people in London, (and growing fast) 38 per cent were born abroad.

With so many immigrants, and so many Non-English speakers, students do not have help academically at home.

Shakespeare is on the curriculum from the age of 13