PIE SIG Podcast
This podcast explores the benefits of using performance related approaches and activities in the classroom and the lives of the people that use them.
PIE SIG Podcast
Episode 2: Drama & Film in the Classroom with Ashley Ford-Mihashi
Episode 2: Performance and Student Filmmaking with Ashley Ford-Mihashi
When shy students step on stage or in front of a camera, they find confidence they didn’t know they had. Ashley Ford-Mihashi, lecturer at Nagoya City University and organizer of the Reel Voices Language Learning Film Festival, joins Darren to share her journey, including formative years immersed in music and language, and how those experiences shaped her approach to teaching.
They discuss the nerves before a performance, the pride students feel when sharing their work, and how filmmaking and performance can help quiet learners grow. Ashley also shares practical ways teachers can use filmmaking to support language learning, from storyboarding to subtitling, giving students meaningful, hands-on opportunities to practice English.
If you want your students to take risks, engage deeply, and have fun while learning, this episode is packed with practical ideas.
REEL VOICES FILM FEST
https://reelvoicesfilmfest.org/
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