“STORYTIME”: A FUN WAY OF LEARNING ENGLISH
During the first term, we have been very lucky to have had the visit of the actor Alan J. Kennedy. He presented three plays which were addressed to every student at school, according to their level.
- 1st Cycle: “Don’t Get Off the Horse”
- 2nd Cycle: “One Day in Langtale”
- Bachillerato: “The Swan Maiden”
The novelty is that it was an interactive theatre, which requires students’
participation, since they have to go out to the stage and act like real actors.
The English teachers are very pleased because our students were able to understand a play in English, at the same time they had fun, due to the fact that the play took part in a young background.
But nothing better that our students’ opinion to show how successful this activity has been and we hope to enjoy it again next year.
“I think it was.quite funny since, supposedly, most of us usually get bored when watching a normal play. But this one was special, as we participated. Furthermore, the bagpipe caught our attention because we are not used to seeing a bagpipe. All in all, it was fun and at the same time, you knew what happened on the stage, since we do not usually understand plays in English, but this way we did. Paqui Miralles Herrero”. (1st Bachillerato B)
“The play was very original and funny since we were the actors. We had already learned the vocabulary in class, so it was easier to understand the dialogues. We learned English at the same time we had fun. This is a good way of learning. Everybody participated one way or another, and the play was a success. We are looking forward to having another experience like that”. Catalina Sánchez Costas (3rd ESO C)
“The play we watched was very interesting and funny because almost everybody participated and because we laughed a lot. As the play was going on, we could understand it, the main reason being that we were the protagonists”. Agustina Pruckute (3rd ESO)
“I really enjoyed the play because I thought it was very funny and interesting. We had not ever heard a Scottish story before. The thing I most enjoyed was when he began taking people from our class out to the stage. That was what made the play more exciting and funny so that we were not bored or we did not think it was a boring story”. Jasmine Birch (1st Bachillerato B)
The Department of English