Code
CGSE ENG 4202
Level
M1
Graduate
Graduate
Semester
Spring
Domain
Anglais
Program
Programme grande école
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
3
Class hours
30
Workload
75
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Langues et Sciences Humaines
Educational team
Organisation
Cours/TD/TP/projet/examen :Learning objectives
The objectives of the course are :
- to be able to communicate ideas, experiences and opinions in good (clear and efficient) English
- to talk fluently on any given topic and to improvise on a situation at a moment’s notice
- to be able to analyse the gist of any written document or oral performance and to express one’s ideas in an essay
- to stand in front of an audience with less apprehension and to perform for about ten minutes
- to get a group to listen to you and to understand you
- to acquire the skills to exploit the latent creative ability in the language
Content
The course introduces students to different basic drama exercises such as warming-up, trust-building or concentration games. The course will then go on to present various improvisation games to promote quick reactivity and spontaneity. Then students will choose, study and perform different theatre and cinema scenes (Harold Pinter, Quentin Tarantino, Monty Python, Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood…). Students will then develop a trained eye by watching carefully and analysing the performance of others.
The purpose of the course is to consider learning English not as an end in itself but as a means for students to express themselves in a meaningful context, which is what acting offers. By taking risks using the language and having to adapt to people and situations, students should be able to overcome any possible “language blocks”.
In the words of Alan Maley and Alan Duff in Drama techniques in language learning, students will be encouraged to “use the skills we most need when speaking a language : adaptability, speed of reaction, sensitivity to tone, in one word appropriateness.”
By the end of the course, students should be able to understand how a scene comes to life on stage, to perform in front of other students and to appraise the scenes acted out in front of them.
Evaluation
Grading will be on a scale of 0 to 20.
You will be graded on your participation in class (and presence at all class periods) and on several writing tasks : 60% of overall grade.
The final exam will be the presentation of the scenes : 40% of overall grade.