Transform passive reading into active performance. Expert workshops for Swiss students to unlock Shakespeare, Modern Drama, and Oral confidence.
From the Globe to the Gymnase
We use hot-seating, blocking, and prosody. Students stop translating in their heads and start feeling the language.
Delivered by Dr. Knapp PhD Shakespeare, bringing 20 years of UK university experience to your classroom.
Specifically designed to support the Plan d'études Cantonal PEC, focusing on oral analysis and B2-C1 proficiency.
Rigorous, active sessions 45-90 mins designed to prepare students for the Oral Maturité and IB assessments.
Students direct the final scene, making critical decisions about Lear's death and Cordelia's fate to argue different thematic outcomes.
Using prosody exercises to examine social codes. Students explore how Shaw critiques class structures through Eliza's linguistic journey.
Targeted preparation for Maturité/IB orals. We use rehearsal techniques to structure critical responses, moving from uncertainty to fluency.
Teaching Gatsby, 1984, or Poetry? I build bespoke sessions for your syllabus.
Equip your English faculty with actor-training techniques to demystify canonical works. Strategies tailored for the Swiss classroom to bridge the gap between reading and analysis.
Teachers learn how to use physical space to help students map out an argument before writing. Excellent for visual learners struggling with essay structure.
Voice and movement exercises applicable to poetry and prose. How to stop students from glazing over when facing dense text.
Swiss students often struggle with the specific expectations of English academic writing thesis statements vs. thematic exploration. Strategies to teach this transition.
Educational Consultant Performance Pedagogue
I bring two decades of UK university experience in English and Performance Pedagogy to Vaud. My background is not just in teaching literature, but in doing it.
Having led undergraduate programs in the UK and directed theatre in the US, I realised that the techniques used to train actors---voice, blocking, motivation---are the same tools students need to crack the code of a difficult text.
Now based in Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, I combine rigorous academic standards with this practical approach to help Swiss students prepare for the demands of the English Maturité and IB.
Discuss your current set texts and how a workshop can fit into your semester plan.
Dr. Richard Knapp
richardknapp134@gmail.com
12 Chemin de Leyterand, 1086 Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz