Drama 101 Kickoff: Icebreakers for English Teachers in China
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Kicked off Drama 101 with fellow drama practitioners Marta (China 🇨🇳) and Teresa (Canada 🇨🇦), working with 20 English teachers from across China today!
Our entry point? Games! Specifically, icebreakers.
Icebreakers that:
 • Show them their voices and ideas matter  • Help kids feel comfortable and relaxed • Foster curiosity and engagement
For many, it was their first taste of drama. Most pictured stage, lights, audience. They admitted feeling scared... letting go of control is unfamiliar territory. It can be for many of us. However, when we let go of that control (within the framework of a game, of course!), what it actually is is freedom. How? Drama!
Drama is all about the in-between spaces: Between people. Between self and classroom. Between what we know and what we can share.
The feedback? "It's like a whole new door has been opened. It's magical." And despite the nerves, "excited to try this with my students."
Not magic. Just the power of the arts, building empathy, critical thinking, connection through play.
Being able to facilitate that first 'eye opening' moment never gets old. ðŸŽâœ¨
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