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Literacy Theatre: Using Poetic Expression,

Storytelling & Performance for

Adult Literacy

C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A N T S

10th to 19th March, 2014, in

Spain, there will be a

Grundtvig Workshop for

20 European adult

education

instructors,

teachers and

trainers.

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Grundtvig Workshop

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Description

!!This workshop is organized by Euroaccion Association (Asociación Cultural

Euroaccion Murcia) and will bring together teachers and staff working in the fiﾞeld

of adult literacy to discuss the relevant issues (obstacles, methodologies, diffiﾞculties)

and offer innovative methods in the effort to promote and improve adult literacy

for common European interest. In addition to discussions, participants will be

introduced to techniques and activities used in Literacy Theatre.

!Participants will experience how theatre games, poetic expression, storytelling and

performance are highly effective techniques in improving literacy while respecting

Europe's diverse cultural backgrounds and approaches to learning.

!Participants will be inspired to express their viewpoints on what they discover and

become motivated to become an inflﾟuential advocate of literacy. As a concrete

measure, participants will collaborate on an Anthology, containing the Workshop's

activities and their writings (produced by drama, poetry & storytelling activities) as

examples. This Anthology will be produced as an e-book to be available to wider

audience of teachers and staff working in the fiﾞeld as well as the general public.

!The Workshop also aims at fostering a network of exchange by using online

communication portals to dialogue, raise awareness, and share ideas related to the

promotion of adult literacy.

!Main Activities:

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•･ Literacy & Europe: Discussions on issues (obstacles, methodologies, diffiﾞculties)

related to adult literacy of common European interest.

•･ Into. to Literacy Theatre. Activities: Various theatre games to improve reading

comprehension, vocabulary development (including word formation and word

meaning) and story recall. Using scenario role-plays to stimulate writing.

•･ Intro. to Poetry to develop literacy skills. Various reading & writing activities to

teach flﾟuency, vocabulary and comprehension, including phonology, orthography,

morphology. Activities: Writing Our Own Poetry using various simple creative

writing techniques and forms.

•･ Activity: Poetry in Performance. Using poetry as oral performance to promote

reading, inflﾟection, expression & interest.

•･ Intro. Song Lyrics as Narrative Poetry. Learning basic reading skills through song.

•･ Storytelling: Using our life stories, dreams, and traditional tales to prepare for

reading and writing. Activities: Various storytelling activities in combination with

performance to provide texts for reading & writing, learning vocabulary and

sentence structure.

•･ The Anthology: Creating an E-book of activities and participant example writings

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Practical arrangements:

Accommodation, food and activity costs are covered by the workshop. The venue for

the workshop will be held in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Spain. Workshop

activities as well as accommodation will be held in Casa del Trigo (Caravaca), a

space that can fully accommodate 30+ people and included conference rooms and

work spaces in addition to boarding. You can fiﾞnd Casa de Trigo at

www.casadeltrigo.org

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!EUROACCION will reimburse 100% travel costs during the fiﾞnal days of the

workshop after participants have submitted the following original documents: plane

ticket invoice and boarding pass, train or bus tickets.

!Interested people: (Grundtvig Programme countries

only)

Send your expression of interest to diegazorama@gmail.com before 20th of

December 2013.