PERFORMING LANGUAGE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
DRAMA AND THEATRE IN SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaFeb.3 (Fri.) － Feb.5 (Sun.), 2006
Welcome to PERFORMING LANGUAGE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
DRAMA AND THEATRE IN SECOND LANGUAGE EDUCATION!
This conference will be one of the pioneering endeavors exploring the power of drama and theatre
in second language education. We have brought together scholars and practitioners who share keeninterest in the role of drama and theatre in second language education.
We are delighted to announce that the conference will present Oriza Hirata, world-renowned
Japanese playwright and advocate of drama education, as keynote speaker.
We welcome you to Victoria, the City of Gardens, and to the equally beautiful University ofVictoria campus, and know that your time here will be both productive and enjoyable.
We wish to acknowledge the support we have received, without which this conference would notbeen as successful as it is. First and foremost, we are grateful for the generous support that we havereceived from Mr. Oriza Hirata and all the workshop leaders.
From the campus, we are grateful for the support we have received from the Centre for AsiaPacific Initiatives here at the University of Victoria. We are also thankful for all the help the volunteers
provided.

The Organizing Committee Members
Cody Poulton (Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria)
Hiroko Noro (Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria)
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi（The Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics, Waseda University）
Cameron Culham (Department of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria)
Yuko Igarashi (Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria)

1PROGRAMME
Feb. 3, Friday
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Registration (in front of McLaurin D116)

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Greetings(McLaurin D116)

1:30 pm – 2:30pm

Keynote lecture by Prof. Oriza Hirata (McLaurin D116)

2:30 pm – 3 pm

Break (McLaurin D116)

3:00 pm – 5 pm

Workshop I by Prof. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi (McLaurin D116)

5:00 pm – 7 pm

Reception (Haro Room, Cadboro Commons)Feb. 4, Saturday
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Session I : Japanese 1 (McLaurin D103)
Chair: Hiroko Noro (University of Victoria)• Katsuhiro Ito (Nanzan University) – 演劇的手法を使った初級日本語教育(Teaching Elementary Japanese using dramatic approach, presentation in Japanese)• Shingo Hashimoto (Gifu University) – 演劇指導論に基づく日本語音声教育の試み～モデル会話によるモニターと調整からアドリブロールプレイへ～(Teaching Japanese Phonetics based on drama education, presentation in Japanese)• Yoko Nakai– (Waseda University) – An Analysis of Japanese Discourse Skills Used in Students'
Drama Performances: From the Approach of Conversation Analysis
Session II: English 1(McLaurin D116)
Chair: Yuko Igarashi (University of Victoria)• Yuka Kusanagi (Rikkyo University) – Teaching English through Drama to Japanese
University Students• Yuka Nakayama (Waseda University) – A Study on a Drama Approach in TJFL Class: Using
Drama to Motivate Learners• Masumi Izumi– (Doshisha University) – Teaching English and History through Performances:2Creating Multi-Media Teaching Package with Nobuko Miyamoto's A Grain of Sand
10:30 am – 11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session III: Japanese 2(McLaurin D103)
Chair: Yoshikazu Kawaguchi (Waseda University)• Junko Baba (University of South Carolina) – Teaching Mimetics through Drama Method• Yukie Aida, Junko Hatanaka, Akemi Katayama, Naoko Suito (University of Texas at Austin) –Learners' Views on Skit Presentation in the Japanese Language Classroom• Megumi Inoue (University of Auckland) – Performing “the Other” or Constructing Agency ofSpeech?: Effects of Code-Switching (English/Japanese) and Style-Shifting on Actors, Audience,and the Plot
Session IV: English 2(McLaurin D116)

Chair: Richard King (University of Victoria)•Helen Wu (University of Toronto) – See Thyself in Drama or Do Mechanical Pattern Drills?
On Performaning CFL/CSL in the Initial Stage•

Motoko Fukaya (Seikei University) –A Class Report: The Use of American Sitcoms toTeach English•Lynn Stein (International Christian University) – The Sound of Music(als) in Academic
EnglishLunch Break 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm (McLaurin D116.)
Workshops (All the workshops will be held in McLaurin D116.)
2 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop II by Oriza Hirata: Teaching Expression in Japanese and English
4 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop III by Lina de Guevara: Puente Theatre’s Story
Banquet7 pm – 9 pm

(Vista 18, Chateau Victoria)

3Feb. 5, Sunday
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Session V : Intercultural Theatre 1((McLaurin D116)
Chair: Cameron Culham(University of Victoria)• Olusola O. Adesope (Simon Fraser University) – The Use of Drama in CD-ROM Multimedia
Development of Advanced Level African Language Course• Vandy Britton– (Simon Fraser University) – Performing Language, Performing Culture: TheEthics of Using Drama in the Classroom.
• Colleen Lanki and Kevin Wetmore (Loyola Marymount University) – Performance Language:
Beyond the Written Text in Second Language Theatre
Session VI : Intercultural Theatre 2 (McLaurin D103)
Chair: Hiroko Noro (University of Victoria)• Patience Omolola (Tahir A. M. S. S. Secondary School) – Traditional African Theater: The
Case Study of The Gambia and Senegal
10:30 am – 11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session VII: Intercultural Theatre 3 (McLaurin D116))
Chair: Cody Poulton (University of Victoria)• George Belliveau, Monique Bournot-Trites, Jeremie Seror (University of British Columbia)– The Role of Drama on Cultural Awareness, Motivation, and Literacy in a Second Language
Context.
–• Claire Borody (University of Winnipeg) – Dissolving Boundaries: The impact of using crossdisciplinary and cross-cultural training and dramaturgical methods in the construction oftheatrical realism.
• Shoshana Benjamin (Ben-Gurion University) – Lessons from the Master: What We Can Learn
from Krapp's Last Tape for the Language Classroom
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break (McLaurin D116)
Workshops (All the workshops will be held in McLaurin D116)
2 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop IV by George Belliveau: Incorporating Theatre and Drama into
Language Curriculum
4 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop V by Juliana Saxton and Cameron Culham: Body, Mind andLanguage Swimming in Circles
5:30 pm – 6 pm (McLaurin D116) Plenary Session: Conclusions and Announcements4