This entry covers three issues, using the Alexander Technique to the teaching of foreign languages, how to translate concepts and instructions, and sign language.
The teaching of foreign languages
- ‘Reducing the fear’ by Margaret Nicolson argues that the Alexander Technique is very useful in teaching languages to adult students, particularly in a group setting where fear and anxiety may hamper learning.[1]
- ‘On relearning to walk and relearning to talk’ by Harriet Anderson; on applying the Technique to learning a foreign language as a adult; on the potential of bringing the Technique into the language classroom.[2]
Translating the Alexander Technique
- ‘Lost in translation?’ by Harriet Anderson reflects on teaching the Alexander Technique in a foreign language, using German as an example.[3]
- ‘Zweimal Frühstuck bitte’ by Rosa Luisa Rossi, Cathy Madden is a transcript of a conversation, comparing Alexander Technique language issues working in Europe, USA and Japan.[4]
- ‘On practicing the Alexander Technique in Hebrew’ by Claire Rechnitzer considers how multiple meanings inherent in Hebrew words illuminate an idea or meaing.[5]
Sign language
- ‘Moving beyond words’ by Marcia F. Freeman; on creating a sign language vocabulary for Alexander Technique.[6]
See also Terminology, Communication – Words.
References
[1] ‘Reducing the fear’ by Margaret Nicolson in The Alexander Journal no. 23 edited by Francesca Greenoak (STAT, 2010), pp. 65–70.
[2] ‘On relearning to walk and relearning to talk’ by Harriet Anderson in The Alexander Journal no. 22 edited by Francesca Greenoak (STAT, 2008), pp. 42–47.
[3] ‘Lost in translation?’ by Harriet Anderson in The Alexander Journal no. 21 edited by Francesca Greenoak (STAT, 2006), pp. 40-43.
[4] ‘Zweimal Frühstuck bitte’ by Rosa Luisa Rossi, Cathy Madden in Direction vol. 2, no. 8 edited by Jeremy Chance (Fyncot Pty Ltd., 2000), pp. 28–30.
[5] ‘On practicing the Alexander Technique in Hebrew’ by Claire Rechnitzer in AmSAT News issue no. 79 (Spring 2009), p. 22.
[6] ‘Moving beyond words’ by Marcia F. Freeman in Direction vol. 2, no. 8 edited by Jeremy Chance (Fyncot Pty Ltd., 2000), pp. 22–24.
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