DRAMA EXAMINATIONS:

CLICK's tutors will work one-to-one with students to take Acting, and/or Verse and Prose examinations with LAMDA (The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.)

The examination fee is payable direct to LAMDA, and tuition is as arranged with the tutor ranging from £15-£30 per hour (often dependent on travel costs).

SPEAKING ENGLISH:

58% of the population report that English is their mother tongue. In countries such as Malaysia where the language is "Bahasa Malaysia", despite the administration being done in Bahasa Malysia, much of it is first written in English and then translated (Hannah Pillay, JALT98). In countries where a range of languages are spoken (Malaysia speaks Mandarin and Tamil widely as well as Bahasa Malaysia), English is used socially as a means of communication. Further, more and more students are heading overseas to be educated in the UK, and English will be the necessary language.

Trawling the overseas student blogs about "learning to speak English", this is clearly an area which students feel they want to pursue, but either cannot afford the courses or that they are irrelevant, or dull. CLICK recognises the value of teaching English through everyday communication (as a child would learn), and drama. Not only does drama improve reading and speaking skills through script work, learning songs, following directions, but also provides the finished performance as a means of consolidation.

Having taught at an International School for the summer season, I found it was through the medium of drama that the most successful results were obtained, as students gained confidence in expressing themselves (in English), and explored situations that were more relevant and real to them than textbooks allow. Drama gives a context for presentations, it encourages listening in order to respond (but also provides a scene which helps to channel the students' use of vocabulary), it is also structured fun - that is - in order to get the most out of, one needs to follow (and learn) instructions...but it doesn't feel like learning! By the time you have discussed why “Horton the Elephant” wanted to save “the Whos” in order to prodive a convincing portrayal, you’ll have fulfilled much of the graded criteria for speaking English examinations. Of course drama is not a replacement for structured desk-work, but it is certainly complementary. Not to mention the number of transferrable skills (eg. confidence, teamwork, co-operation, time management, and general creativity) it nurtures.

CLICK can offer a means of improving spoken English through structured Creative Arts projects, and, should you wish, examinations with either TRINITY or the ENGLISH SPEAKING BOARD, both of which have international examination centres. (Again the examination fee is payable to the board and the tuition fee negotiable with the tutor).

CREATIVE ARTS PROJECT:

If you provide the students and the venue, CLICK will develop Creative Arts Projects consisting of tuition in Singing, Dancing and Drama (with extra classes in Stagecraft, Make-up, Storytelling and Stage Combat depending on tutor availability), and culminating in a show for your students. The duration can be anything from three days to two weeks.

NB: For examinations the booking needs to be made at least three months in advance of the Project.