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Enhancing Teaching English as an Additional Language through Playfulness: Seniors (Ethno)Drama Club in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
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Balyasnikova, Natalia; Higgins, Sarah; Hume, Matt – TESOL Journal, 2018
This article describes the process of using an ethnodrama while working with older adults learning English as an additional language. By examining a 4-month-long period of Seniors Drama Club, created to offer theatre-based language learning experiences for Vancouver's immigrant senior population, the authors draw attention to the complex learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Drama