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2015 INTEGRATING THE ARTS: CREATIVE THINKING ABOUT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULA AND LANGUAGE PROGRAM DIRECTION

 

Contents, acknowledgements, abstracts, contributors

Introduction

Lisa Parkes; Colleen M. Ryan

Articles

Languages in partnership with the visual arts: Implications for curriculum design and teacher training

María Luisa Parra; Elvira G. Di Fabio

This chapter considers the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of visual arts integration in FL language classes as a means of …

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Talking images: Exploring culture through arts-based digital storytelling

Bettina Matthias

Most FL educators have enjoyed the opportunity to include the arts in their everyday teaching. Many have also reaped the …

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From creative adaption to critical framing: Dramatic transformations across the foreign language classroom

Lisa Parkes

This chapter considers the cognitive and affective benefits, as well as the practical considerations, of integrating dramatic arts in the …

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Italy at your fingertips: Integrating puppet theater in the Italian classroom

Federico Pacchioni

This chapter makes a case for integrating puppet theater in the foreign language curriculum. The case is grounded in an …

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Drama in the classroom: Post-holistic considerations

Barbara Shmenk

This chapter looks at the use of drama in language education, focusing on the notion of holistic learning to which …

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Dramatizing/digitizing literacy: Theater education and digital scholarship in the applied linguistics curriculum

Per Urlaub

Applied linguists who have their professional homes in foreign language departments at North American universities need to gear their graduate …

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Finding voice in the foreign language classroom: Reading, writing, and performing slam poetry to develop critical literacies

Margaret Keneman

This study expands on existing notions of foreign language literacy and critical literacies by positing students’ voices as central to …

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Performing poetry in the foreign language classroom: Pedagogical and language program considerations

Glenn S. Levine; Jaime W. Roots

This chapter addresses the theory and practice of poetry performance in the German language classroom, as well as the collaborative …

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