Hamamatsu JALT:

Improvisational Psychodrama

Date: Saturday, February 18th, 2012 Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Speaker: Peter Ross

Description:
Psychodrama is a therapeutic technique conceived and developed by Jacob L. Moreno, MD. Using experiential guided drama techniques, psychodrama provides a safe, supportive environment in which participants can practice new roles, language and behaviors, thus facilitating insight, personal growth, and integration.

There is no single, rigid pattern to the psychodrama process. However, the cycle can be divided roughly into three phases. The first involves warming up, selecting protagonists and antagonists and setting the scene. The second phase consists of an inprovisational roleplay. In the third phase, the participants reflect on their work, and relate it to their own, everyday lives.

This workshop will demonstrate applications of the psychodrama cycle to the language classroom, incorporating the Japanese concepts of tatemae and honne.

Sponsored by the JALT West-Tokyo Chapter.

Organization: Hamamatsu Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Hamamatsu JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: Za Za city 5th floor Palette

Location: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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