The study of drama techniques in the process of teaching-learning a foreign language with children aged 5-7
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2015
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Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
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The present research work deals with the usage of drama techniques in the EFL classroom with young learners. Several lectures, conferences and seminars have been carried out on this topic, leaving teachers with the sense of how much they can produce in their classrooms. There is a wide range of drama games and activities to develop with students to help them acquire more grammar structures and vocabulary. There is also a long list of the benefits of using drama in the English classroom.
However, I have surveyed a group of almost twenty teachers who have never adopted any drama technique in their classes or have not even attempted to try one of them due to lack of time, space or low learners’ level of the English language, according to what they have said. It seems to be tough to apply drama in the Argentinian language curriculum in non-bilingual schools where there does not seem to be room in the curriculum for this approach.
The purpose of this thesis is to express the advantages drama may have not only in the language but also in the behaviour of the youngsters. It also aims to suggest activities and lessons in which learners may be encouraged to become involved in drama and enjoy it.
Fil: Shmidt, Cintia B. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.
Fil: Bicoff. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.
Fil: Shmidt, Cintia B. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.
Fil: Bicoff. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.
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Teatro, Theatre, Inglés, English, Drama, Enseñanza de idioma, Language instruction, Adolescente, Youth, Motivación, Motivation, Proceso de aprendizaje, Learning processes