Imaginative motivation for free writing & Storytelling

Speaker: Verena Plomer

Participation is free of charge and takes place online (via Zoom).

To register or for questions, contact Prof. Dr. Claudia Schlaak: claudia.schlaak[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Imaginative Motivation for Free Writing & Storytelling

This workshop is dedicated to probably the most challenging, but also most profitable tasks in foreign language teaching: free creative writing and oral as well as written storytelling. The digital tools, apps or databases presented and impulses from gamification and augmented reality can help you transport learners into a foreign world, engage all their senses and fire their imagination. Teleport your learners unceremoniously to another place and time in a digital dream trip or with a simulation global to transport them holistically into the fantasy world and subsequently have them write fictional travelogues in the form of blogs or Instagram posts. Use storytelling cubes, stimuli from digital storytelling, or thought-provoking images as helpful scaffolding during creative writing. Use interactive maps that tell your learners more about the fictional setting or contemporary background, or animate historical figures or novel characters so they speak directly to your learners. Let your learners become avatars, dragon tamers, or superheroes narrating their latest adventures. Increase the use of collaborative tools for collaborative storytelling in the form of podcasts, blogs, or tweets, or for poetry writing, and honor students' creative works in booklets or e-books.