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Theatre Arts for Advanced Secondary Schools

new languages is advantageous beyond theatrical production. It enhances
cultural tolerance and it fosters friendships and interpersonal relationship
between and within artists and other members of the community. Being
able to converse in someone else’s language can break down barriers and
build bridges between individuals from different linguistic backgrounds.
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Such outcomes can benefit the social and economic development of
people as individuals and as a nation.

Revision exercise 6

1. Your friends do not know the importance of using language in theatre
performances. Explain to them how important a creative use of language
is in theatre performance.

2. A team from Tanzanian Film Board (TFB) visited your art centre that
deals with production of film and theatre works. One of the officials
from TfD wants you to differentiate the use of language in theatre
performances from other forms of communication. Provide them with
four differences.

3. Working as trainer at Tushikamane Creative Talents Factory
(TCTF), Explain to your trainees how intrapersonal communication,
interpersonal communication and group communications occur in
theatre performances.

4. As a director of the Sauti ya Kijusi stage play, highlight to your
performers as to why body language said to be an essential weapon in
theatre performance.

5. During an interview for a playwright position in the upcoming stage play,
you are demanded to explain why research is counted as an important
aspect to consider before developing theatre performances. Respond to
the demand focusing on the language aspect of the performance.
6. You are an official from the ministry of Arts, Sports and Culture visiting
art groups that deal with theatre performances, as you appreciate their
good work, explain to them how spoken language differs from visual
language.

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