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The Literacy Trek

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Leyla HARPUTLU

Theatre in Education: A Case of Foreign Language Teaching in Italy

Uştuk

Özgehan

DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ İnan

Dilek

BALIKESİR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

09 05 2017

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2015

The Literacy Trek

Theatre in education is a form of applied theatre thatis widely utilized in foreign, second, and/or additional language education.Even though several theoretical frameworks are provided, single cases play akey role to reflect on and to understand this hybrid entity of arts andeducation. This case study explains a case of Theatre in education company thatprovides theatre in education programmes for the schools in the north of Italy.The qualitative inquiry collected data by interviewing the theatre-makers abouttheir experiences. Furthermore, the performances were observed in a certainrationale. The thematic analysis is grounded on code weights and codeco-occurrences within the data. The results indicated that the programmes providea learning experience that fosters active learner participation. The reasonsthat lead to learner participation are discussed; moreover, practicalimplications are given in the conclusion.

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