Dramatic Performance in Teaching Drama in EFL Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Gorjian, Bahman; Moosavinia, Seyyed Rahim; Jabripour, Azadeh
Titel	Dramatic Performance in Teaching Drama in EFL Contexts
Quelle	In: TESL-EJ, 13 (2010) 4, (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-4303
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Reading Comprehension; Role Playing; Achievement Tests; Second Language Instruction; Drama; Teaching Methods; Literature; College Students; Protocol Analysis; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Leseverstehen; Rollenspiel; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schauspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literatur; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study began with the supposition that teaching English drama through dramatic performance could enhance English literature students' knowledge of drama at university level. The research was conducted over a whole academic semester with 60 intermediate students enrolled in English drama II courses. They were divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Throughout the treatment period, the researchers instructed the experimental group how to manage to perform the selected plays through the role playing strategy while devoting little time to reading the contents of the drama in the classroom. The participants in the control group normally surveyed the contents of the same plays with no performance. A final achievement test was administered to both groups and the results indicated a significant difference in the means of the two groups in favor of the experimental group. We can suggest that literature students perform the plays in addition to the traditional comprehension activities or analysis of characters and plot of the story. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	TESL-EJ. e-mail: editor@tesl-ej.org; Web site: http://tesl-ej.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10