READERS THEATRE

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READERS THEATRE

• The Wizard of Oz

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What is Readers Theatre?

• Everyone needs to talk - to hear and to play
  with language, to exercise the mind and emotions
  and tongue together.
• Lois
  Walker

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• Readers theater is minimal theatre in support
  of literature and reading.
• Aaron
  Shepard (1996)

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• Readers Theatre is a way of sharing stories,
  poems or parts of plays and novels aloud with
  others.
• Readers use scripts, suggested characterisation,
  and limited actions and settings to make the
  world of the story live.
• The idea is to help listeners imaginatively
  become involved in recreating the story in their
  own minds.
• Robertson,
  Marion E. and Poston-
• Anderson, Barbara (1986)

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• Readers Theatre provides readers with a
  legitimate reason to reread text and to practice
  fluency. RT also promotes cooperative interaction
  with peers and makes the reading task appealing.
• U.S. Department of Education et al
  (2001)

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RT is

• A form of drama
• Easy to carry out
• Creative way of sharing aloud
• No need to memorize the scripts
• Active involvement
• Peer cooperation / feedback
• Engage audience to imagine, think and recreate
  the story in mind

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• You dont have to be a born actor.
• All you need is the ability to read, to use your
  imagination and to enjoy yourself.

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Why RT?

• FUN for participants and audience
• Useful for unconfident students
• Scaffolding
• Practice in communication skills
• Develop skills in co-operation
• Stimulus for imaginative listening
• Easy to achieve

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• Learning will occur if students engaged with
  language.
• Engagement depends on active participation by the
  student.
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  Cambourne (1995)

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RT related with Multiple Intelligence

• Linguistic Intelligence
• language skills
• Interpersonal Intelligence
• peer cooperation
• Intrapersonal Intelligence
• self evaluation / feedback

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Findings in 5E

• Positive attitude towards group activity
• Free from anxiety to read aloud
• Support among students
• Give comments in a polite manner
• Respect and response to opinion
• Enjoy RT

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Tips for RT

• Begin with easy script
• Appropriate language level
• Everyone has a role
• Small group
• Enough time for rehearsals
• Conferencing
• Rubrics for performance
• Evaluation/feedback

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Every student in Readers Theatre has

• A role to act
• A topic to say
• A chance to SUCCEED

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• Readers Theater in Classroom
• Lois Walker (2005)
• East West Book Co., Ltd.

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