Drama

 Drama Activities Communication drama games have a vital role to play in the ESL classroom. These activities help the learners to speak with and listen to other learners. The purpose of the following activities is for the students to find information, break down barriers and talk about themselves in a relaxed manner.    Dramas include various types of language teaching activities, such as: Role-Play  Students can explore realistic situations by interacting with other people in a managed way to develop experience and trial different strategies in a supported environment. It provides the possibility of significant learning. Mime It involves non-verbal language. The students use movement,  gestures,  and expressions to act a  story or some ideas without using any words. Usually, students employ a  visual component that allows memorizing language for memory is extremely reinforced by visual associations. Simulation Simulation  enables...

 Drama in the EFL clasroom One of the most potential genres of literature to use for helping ESL/EFL learners learn effectively is drama. Dramas are very suitable to use because the components of drama (actions, dialogues, and nonverbal languages) facilitate the students to actively participate in the language learning process.   Through drama, students can practice all language skills so that they learn to communicate in a contextualized way. Ozdemir and Çakmak (2008) posited  that  drama  facilitates  students of every level  of  education,  advance  their intellectual skills such as creativity, problem-solving, communication, socialization, and empathy; and it provides individuals the chance for self-actualization,  teamwork, and sharing their responsibilities.  Benefits of Drama: Acquisition of meaningful, fluent interaction in the target language. Pronunciation and prosody in a contextualized and interactional...

What is drama ?  A drama is defined as a piece of literature of which the intended purpose is to be performed in front of an audience. It is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance. Drama is also a type of a play written for theater, television, radio, and film. Origen The drama has its origin in classical Greek culture; in which it played a key political and religious role, as it staged stories or scenes of stories from the Greek mythological and religious tradition, in which the civic and political values considered were also expressed necessarily to preserve. Representations were made in the agora, public space, and the market, accompanied by musical instruments. They were commonly represented in honor of the gods. Types of Drama Comedy : Represents men much worse than they are, to mock them. Thus, it serves as a satirical genre against power, since it allows citizens to laugh at their kings for a while. Hence, they use quaint circumstances, unusual ...