Foreign Language Teaching
 

II.14 (bilingual) Creative Writing, Storytelling and Story Listening
Ulrike Sievers | Saturday – Wednesday, 11.30 am – 1 pm, Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
The world is full of stories waiting to be discovered, told and written down.
We will experiment with different impulses, listening and storytelling practices.
Everybody is welcome to discover the artist within themselves.
Course language English for general activities – individual exercises can be done in different mother tongues.

II.15 (bilingual) Drama
Stella Ottewill | Saturday – Wednesday, 11.30 am – 1 pm, Thursday, 9.45 – 11 am
In this course we will take a practical, experiential approach to working with drama, through games, exercises and scenes.
Our time will be divided between movement, working with text, and discussion of how different kinds of stories serve our High School students.
We will consider how our practise, both onstage and backstage, works towards the Class 12 play.

III.26 Hamlet & the Class 12 Student
Stella Ottewill | Saturday – Wednesday, 2.45 – 4.15 pm
In this course we will use Shakespeare’s Hamlet to consider
The evolution of consciousness from Odysseus to Parzival to Hamlet
How Hamlet reflects the inner experience of our students
Approaches to working with text in Class 12

IV.38 Enhancing Foreign Language Skills and Learning about Oneself, the Other and the World
Ulrike Sievers | Saturday – Wednesday, 4.45 – 6.15 pm
Ways of using literature: Engaging with language and learning about people, countries, and cultures
Ways of approaching a topic, e.g. »Growing up« or »Diversity«, from different perspectives and developing one’s own voice through creative tasks
Developing the power of judgement and independent learning skills through sensible feedback and assessment for learning