1st Edition

Performative Language Learning with Refugees and Migrants Embodied Research and Practice in the Sorgente Project

Edited By Erika Piazzoli, Fiona Dalziel Copyright 2024
226 Pages 18 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 18 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 18 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates the use of performative language pedagogy in working with refugees and migrants, exploring performative language teaching as the application of drama, music, dance and storytelling to second language acquisition. Documenting a community-based project – funded by the Irish Research Council and conducted with three groups of refugees and migrants in Ireland and Italy – the... Read more

Chapter 1: Performative language practice and ethical principles in the Sorgente project

Erika Piazzoli and Fiona Dalziel

 

Part I: Painting the shades: Methodological, pedagogical and ethical hues

 

Chapter 2: Arts-based methodology and embodied methods

Erika Piazzoli

 

Chapter 3: Fostering motivation to belong with performative approaches to migrant language learning: Rustling in the wind

Fiona Dalziel

 

Chapter 4: At the threshold of the ethical imagination: The ‘not-a-fish’

Erika Piazzoli

 

Part II: Embodied research methods

 

Chapter 5: Zine-making and critical reflection: Portals of shared discovery

Autumn Brown

 

Chapter 6: Exploring the potential of language portraits with refugees and migrants

Eva Göksel and KIR Cullen Elif

 

Chapter 7: Observational sketching as a pedagogical tool and a research method

Rachael Jacobs

 

Part III: Embodied practice

 

Chapter 8: Process music and performative language teaching

Luca Marrucci

 

Chapter 9: A sensory account of learning languages performatively with refugees and migrants: Eyes, ears and voice

Miriam Stewart

 

Chapter 10: Body-voice and improvisation to explore trauma-informed performative pedagogy: Open the door

Kathleen Warner Yeates

 

Chapter 11: Co-presence in brave spaces: Birds of a feather flock together

Garret Scally

 

Chapter 12: Conclusion: A poem and a painting

Erika Piazzoli, Fiona Dalziel and Rachael Jacobs

Biography

Erika Piazzoli is Assistant Professor in Arts Education, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Fiona Dalziel is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation, University of Padova, Italy.

"A refreshing outlook on arts-based practices through an eclectic collection. This book will make you think differently about taking risks and being brave, and the value of practice as research. The authors don't shy away from the challenges of multilingual work in their exploration of ethical dilemmas when using arts-based methodologies across diverse (forced) migration contexts. A great text to better understand trauma-informed practice and participatory research."

Caroline Lenette, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia.

 

"Piazzoli and Dalziel’s book is filled with generative and arts-based ways of making language learning accessible for migrants and refugees. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in working in creative ways with communities under stress and is filled with practical strategies useful to both researchers and teachers."

- Dr. Monica Prendergast, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada.