Dramapädagogik

Anke and Silja talk about their experiences with including “sensitive” topics in their language classes
Anke talks about her collaboration with the federal theater (Staatstheater)
we discuss how different teaching contexts influence how far a teacher might include controversial topics: a) teaching a “regular” language class in comparison to an explicitly theatre-based language class b) teaching German as a foreign language in the US vs. teaching German as a second language in Germany
we talk about the risks of doing simulations in class around topics such as immigration or other topics that include power differentials
if it is at all advisable to ask students to engage with critical topics in a language class
we realize that we have probably more open questions than ready answers