ABSTRACT
The expressive and receptive activation of presented material occurs almost constantly in many forms. Activation occurs as students listen and comprehend, or as they grasp the relation between a facial expression, body gesture, picture, voice intonation and language meaning. Activation also means beginning to use expressively the speech patterns which have been heard, internalized, sorted, patterned, and associated. The primary activation session begins with the next class following the concert sessions. It is the students’ first expressive engagement with the material. Before beginning to use the Acquisition through Creative Teaching Approach, the author had never had any experience with puppets and was afraid the students would think puppets were silly or might become insulted. Dramatizing language material in interesting and humorous situations and skits, is basic to the Acquisition through Creative Teaching Approach.
