FAQs: Learning Languages through Drama.

Sarah L. Dodson

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Foreign Language Teaching Methods Creative Drama in Education

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Using a format of frequently asked questions about teaching foreign languages using drama, this article explores the evolution of this approach, its benefits and drawbacks, and the various theatrical activities that can be used to teach languages. After describing how drama fits into the communicative approach to language teaching, the article discusses how the idea of drama in the language classroom developed from the 1970s to the present, also noting certain textbooks that can take advantage of what drama offers and other resources for language teachers. Benefits to using drama in language classrooms include acquiring and practicing new vocabulary and grammatical structures, lowering the affective filter, and learning the language because of practicing it with communicative activities in a real context. Potential drawbacks to this approach include students' backgrounds and skepticism, teachers' lack of preparation in this area, and perceptions that drama is not serious. Various theatrical activities that can be used include pantomime, jazz chants, role play and simulations, fairy tales and folk tales, improvisation, reading plays, watching or listening to plays, staging plays, and writing plays. There is some drama-related English as a Second Language computer assisted language learning software available. (Contains 37 references.) (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Through Drama FAQs: Learning Languages Colorado State University SARAH L. DODSON, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS

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