Drama is a motivational, powerful, and feasible technique and tool for language learning. Interactions in the class play an important role. Thus, teachers exploit a number of opportunities to give chance to participants for communication. Writing drama and enacting it can be a good space for ...
Drama activities, besides being a fun and exciting way to break through the doldrums of the traditional language class, directly add value to the language student’s learning experience. Below are just some of the ways that using these activities can help energize your classroom. Combine verbal a...
The book also presents a variety of examples of planning for and using a mantle of expert approach in language arts, history, mathematics, and science classes. Chapters in the book are: (1) A Dialogue between Dorothy Heathcote and Gavin Bolton; (2) Some Introductory Guidelines; (3) The ...
230 RE VIE WS last three chapters, and is essential reading for textbook authors. Department of Language and Literature University of Linkoping Linkoping Sweden Norman F. Davies MALEY, Alan & Alan Duff, Drama Techniques in Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978, 104 pp...
Teaching and learning of business modules have always been a challenge, especially with students who have low language proficiency. Although there have been a variety of active-learning methods employed to enhance students” understanding of the subject matter, traditionally, the key approach to teachin...
For more than 30 years drama has been promoted as a valuableteaching tool for language learning. Recent research results havereinforced this position. However, these and other earlier studiesreveal that the overall success of the work is dependent, at least inpart, upon the artistry of the ...
The fact that students actively use the language they are learning is by itself a benefit of drama. Simulation of Real-life Conversations Performing drama is like getting in a simulator, say, to see how it feels to be on a roller-coaster. Drama simulates real-life conversations and situation...
This paper traces evidence from neurobehavioural researchshowing how language functions occur in the brain and supportthe efficacy of drama as a methodology in all language learning.According to Pribram's holographic view of the brain, move-ment is integral to the transference of vocabulary from the...
In this article the author draws on classroom video recordings and student commentary to explore ways in which the kinaesthetic elements of a process drama provided the context and the space for beginner additional language learners to engage with intercultural language learning. In the light of stude...
English language learning. Participants' discourse was compared across English language arts (ELA) lessons with and without classroom drama in a third-grade classroom of English learning (EL) students (N = 18) with Spanish as their home language (L1) and English as their second language (L2)....