CANG9128 : B2+/C1 Performance and British pronunciation

Accès directs

Responsable(s) :

Layla Roesler

Enseignant(s) :

Yan Li Le Dantec

Niveau

Tout niveau

Discipline

Langues pour non spécialistes

ECTS

5.00

Période

1e semestre

Département

Centre de Langues

Année

2025

Public interne (réservés aux auditeurs de licence-master et normaliens )

Informations générales sur le cours : CANG9128

Content objectif

Course Description

This course is designed to improve your English through learning to perform short scenes with a partner (duologues). We’ll rehearse the short scenes several times before any assessment occurs. Although we’ll do a lot of work on the physical and practical aspects of pronunciation and theatre acting, we’ll also look into some basic pronunciation and acting theory, which will be assessed through online homework exercises.

This course is ideal for students who:

have a B2+, C1, or C1+ level of English in their grammar and vocabulary, but struggle with pronunciation or have never had explicit pronunciation teaching;
have a B2+ level of English in general, but find that they learn pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary more easily through speaking and listening than through reading and writing;
students who have either a very French (or other language) accent and want to learn about a British accent, or students who already have the beginnings of a British accent and want to improve it.

Warning: if you already have the beginnings of a US accent, you may not want to take this course because you might waste your time trying to unlearn a perfectly understandable accent! We always have teachers in the Centre de Langues who have a US or US-adjacent accent, and you’d probably be better off taking their classes to improve your pronunciation. If you have any doubts at all about what kind of accent you have and whether this course would be suitable for you, please call Yan on 04 37 37 60 84.

Objectives

To improve your English pronunciation (but also some vocabulary and grammar) via theatre games and performances.
To introduce you to different English-speaking comedy and drama traditions and productions.
To help you enjoy speaking and moving in an anglophone space with the aim of entertaining yourself and others.

Content prerequis

Requirements

B2+, C1, or C1+ level of English
No theatre experience needed
Commitment to meeting classmates for 30 minutes once a week for homework practice
Willingness to perform and participate in theatre games, including physical contact, vocalising, and speaking in front of a group. If you struggle with any of these areas, or think you might need accommodations please contact Yan Li-Le Dantec on 04 37 37 60 84 to discuss these in advance.

Content modalites

Assessment

10% homework recordings
- Every homework recording of your rehearsal that you submit (max. 30 seconds) counts for 2 points out of 20, for a maximum of 20/20 if you do your homework each week.
40% homework theory exercises
- Each week you’ll have language and acting theory exercises to do on the Portail des Etudes, which can be done an unlimited number of times until you get a grade you’re satisfied with.
10% class participation
- You’ll receive a participation mark out of 5, and the average will be represented as a mark out of 20.
40% performance examination
- You’ll be assessed mainly on your pronunciation but also on your acting technique in three performances: some combination of monologues and/or duologues, to be decided by your teacher after an initial assessment of the whole group’s abilities. These performances will happen throughout the semester, during class time, around weeks 4, 8, and 11 (the exact dates can be changed depending on how ready your teacher thinks you are to perform). Your audience will be your classmates. Your grade will be a mark out of 20.

Content renseignements

Format: 'autonomie tutorée'

The 'autonomie tutorée' format of teaching has students be in smaller groups (4-8 people) for shorter periods of time (40 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes). Depending on the demand for this course, we may have either 4 students in a 1-hour class, or 6 students in a 1-hour-30-minute class.
The 'autonomie tutorée' format also means that you have more homework - in this case, 2 hours of homework per week.
In this particular course, you are also invited (but not required) to attend the other class times where you will be able to listen to all the teaching and performing going on, but are asked to limit your participation to essential questions. This means that, potentially, you could attend 3 hours of classes per week, where some of those hours require your active participation, and some of them allow you to practise your listening skills, bringing your English practice to a total of 5 hours per week. 5 hours a week is a lot - I don't expect anyone to regularly do this - but I think the benefits of an extra hour every two weeks are non-negligible. Also, the practice of attending rehearsals that don't affect you directly is very beneficial for your acting skills and understanding of performance.

Please log in to the Centre de Langues website to see the exact days and times of the course: https://centredelangues.ens-lyon.fr/offres/liste-anglais.

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