The Joy of Art in the EFL Classroom

BALMA, BLANCA; MASSA, AGUSTÍN; SCHANDER, CLAUDIA

Cordoba

Congreso; XXXV FAAPI CONFERENCE: Learning English with all our Senses; 2010

Federacion Argentina de Profesores de Ingles

Despite teachers efforts to make oral and written tasks in EFL classrooms appealing, successful results are not always easy to achieve. We put forward the idea that the use of our senses may both create a livelier atmosphere and cater for different learning styles. In this workshop we propose multiple tasks by introducing artistic expressions, such as music, paintings, literature, and films, aiming at different modes of text production.