Drama in EFL classroom

 

Using drama in an EFL/ESL classroom is a time-proven method of language learning and acquisition, for improving the four skills- listening, reading, writing, and speaking, and areas like vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. By adopting an integrated and communicative approach while teaching drama, a teacher can teach language more effectively, involving the students directly in the classroom activities. The story element in drama will create a very interesting and productive environment where the students are be able to understand the universal values implicit in the dramatic texts.

Besides, teaching drama in EFL has many benefits because the language is used properly and in its essence. Therefore, teachers started to use it more often than before in order to take advantage of this, and change the way of teaching as the traditional ways haven’t been the best way to learn English. Besides, the use of literature for English is important and the best way to teach it is with the application of drama.

There are some benefits for this such as: it permits to contextualize the language in an effective way. Reading permits students to realize how to use the language in certain situations, as the traditional books only have an explanation of the language but not the context that need to be used in a real situation. In addition, social factors are seen in books, there are many genres, and by reading them, the students will realize their uses. Finally, there are some features that enrich the student while applying drama after reading a literary work. For example, cultural enrichment, mental training, linguistic competence, open to interpretation, linguistic model and more.