<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper draws on our work with the 2<sup>nd</sup> year students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania; in our Business English seminars, we brought into play the speeches of Shakespeare’s characters, namely King Henry’s in Henry V as played by Kenneth Branagh on screen and Mark Anthony’s in Julius Caesar by Marlon Brandon, respectively. Overviewing international and national perspectives on organisational theatre and establishing a relation with CLT, in general and ESP, in particular, we will tackle the activities meant to help our pre-experience learners (Ellis and Johnson, 1994; Frendo, 2005) develop their presentation and public speaking skills with the help of the two speeches mentioned above, i.e. the persuasion and the motivational one as coined by literature (Sharma et al., 2010).</p></abstract>

This paper draws on our work with the 2nd year students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania; in our Business English seminars, we brought into play the speeches of Shakespeare’s characters, namely King Henry’s in Henry V as played by Kenneth Branagh on screen and Mark Anthony’s in Julius Caesar by Marlon Brandon, respectively. Overviewing international and national perspectives on organisational theatre and establishing a relation with CLT, in general and ESP, in particular, we will tackle the activities meant to help our pre-experience learners (Ellis and Johnson, 1994; Frendo, 2005) develop their presentation and public speaking skills with the help of the two speeches mentioned above, i.e. the persuasion and the motivational one as coined by literature (Sharma et al., 2010).

Organisational Theatre In The ESP Classroom: A Romanian Account

“Al. I. Cuza” University, Iaşi, Romania

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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This paper draws on our work with the 2nd year students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,...

Organisational Theatre In The ESP Classroom: A Romanian Account

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2015

Pages: 630 - 635

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0107

Mots clés
CLT, Business English, organizational theatre, Shakespearean speeches, public speaking skills

© 2015 Ana-Magdalena Petraru, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Organisational Theatre In The ESP Classroom: A Romanian Account

Publié en ligne: 24 nov. 2015

Pages: 630 - 635

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0107

Mots clésCLT, Business English, organizational theatre, Shakespearean speeches, public speaking skills

© 2015 Ana-Magdalena Petraru, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
CLT, Business English, organizational theatre, Shakespearean speeches, public speaking skills