Emotions in an inclusive classroom through a drama-based performative approach to Modern Foreign Languages for communication in English as a Foreign Language ; Emotions en performance théâtrale pour communiquer en Langues Vivantes Etrangères dans une classe inclusive

International audience ; This article presents the first results of the CELAVIE (Creativity, Empathy and Emotions in Language learning with Autism for an Inclusive Education) study on the effects of an inclusive and creative approach on communicative skills in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Inclusion and oral skills in LVE are two of the major challenges currently facing the French school system and are discussed here. The results show that EFL teaching is particularly conducive to the development of inclusive approaches, especially through drama. Indeed, the core of the French Modern Language curriculum is communication (and therefore relationships), in the so-called 'actional' approach currently practised. This approach proposes acting together in order to learn to communicate in modern languages. The theoretical framework of enaction (Varela, 1989) invites us to add a sensitive dimension to this teaching. On the basis of a case study of a pupil with a mental disability included in a third grade class, we show that the so-called 'performative theatre' approach could promote the development of his communicative skills in EFL, which we study in terms of its emotional and linguistic components. ; Cet article présente les premiers résultats de l'étude CELAVIE (Creativity, Empathy and Emotions in Language learning with Autism for an Inclusive Education) sur les effets d'une approche inclusive et créative sur les compétences de communication en anglais langue vivante étrangère (LVE). L'inclusion et les compétences orales en LVE sont deux des défis majeurs auxquels le système scolaire français est actuellement confronté, et qui sont articulés ici. Nous verrons que les enseignements de LVE sont particulièrement propices au développement d'approches inclusives, notamment par le biais du théâtre. En effet, le coeur des programmes français de LVE est la communication (et donc les relations), dans l'approche dite « actionnelle » actuellement pratiquée. Cette approche propose d'agir ensemble pour apprendre à ...