Body and language: performative approaches to teach languages in intercultural contexts

• Teachers of Spanish as a second and foreign language.
• Teachers of other foreign languages.
• Foreign language teacher trainers.
• Editors and authors of teaching materials.
• Specialized Spanish teachers or those who wish to specialize in teaching Spanish for specific purposes.
• Volunteers of non-governmental organizations.

• Reflect on the theoretical and methodological principles of performative approaches and their adaptation to the teaching of Spanish.
• Experiment with dynamics typical of applied theater for managing diversity and intercultural communication.
• Analyze and assess different resources to implement in the classroom a performative methodological approach to teaching and learning the language.
• Apply the principles of performative approaches to the creation of didactic proposals for the SFL classroom.

Margarita Planelles Almeida ([email protected])
PhD in Philosophy from the University of Seville and Master's degree in Linguistics applied to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language from Nebrija University. She is a professor in the master's degrees in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language and Linguistics Applied to Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, and Coordinator of the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair of Spanish as a language of migrants and refugees. She has published several scientific articles related to this specialty and is co-author of the SFL manual ¡Genial!: Curso de español, from the EnClave-ELE publishing house.

Zeina Alhmoud ([email protected])
PhD in Linguistics Applied to Teaching from the University of Granada (2016). She graduated in Modern Languages (Spanish and English) from the University of Jordan (2006). She has over four years of experience teaching English as a foreign language. She has several works of illustration and elaboration of didactic presentations, among them the research project, financed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain, "Advanced Grammar of Spanish as a Foreign Language" (FFI2009-13107). University of Granada (Principal Researcher Alejandro Castañeda Castro). She is currently a professor in the Department of Applied Languages at Nebrija University. She teaches classes in the Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages, the Master's Degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, and the Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics. She is a member of the LAELE research group at Nebrija University, and participates in the Regional Plan research project (IN.MIGRA2-CM). Her area of research focuses on cognitive linguistics and its application to teaching second languages, and the use of images and animations in the L2 classroom. She has a special interest in the design of illustrations and teaching materials.

Ángel Sánchez Perabá ([email protected])
Actor, movement consultant and art educator at Escuela Cross. He trained at the RESAD in Madrid.
The last piece in which he danced was Atávico (dir. Poliana Lima), first prize at the 28th Madrid Choreographic Contest. As a choreographer and movement consultant, he works on: Animales feroces (dir. Rennier Piñero), Inside (PopUp Theatrics) and Nora, 1959 (TCBP).
His latest works as an actor are Nora, 1959 ¡Cómo está Madriz!, Fisuras, Our Town.

Different types of practical activities are proposed and involve reflection and experimentation of the dynamics of theater applied to language teaching. The activities are oriented to the development of skills for teaching SFL from performative approaches. Reflection on the theoretical principles is encouraged, as well as their practical application, through examples and the construction of their own proposals.

Students who have participated in this course will receive a certification of attendance issued by the Cervantes Institute and Nebrija University, which will be sent by this university to the interested party. To do this, attendance will be mandatory and absences, regardless of the cause, may not exceed 15% of the total duration of the course.

Prior to taking the course, it is recommended the student consult the following:

• Flores, M.E., De Santiago Chércoles, B. and Planelles Almeida, M. (2020) Teatro aplicado y ELE: la estrategia del teacher in role para una enseñanza performativa de la lengua. Espiral: revista de la Consejería de Educación en Bulgaria, 24, pgs.12-18.
• Motos Teruel, T. (2019). Propuesta para una clasificación de las actividades dramáticas. Revista de Artes Performativas, Educación y Sociedad, 1(1), 11-27.