Abstract
In recent years, there exist many controversies on English teaching. Lots of researchers have reflected the shortcomings in current primary and secondary school English teaching: the overemphasis on memorizing language symbols, linguistic rules, mechanical sentence drills, and the ignorance of the learners’ psychological characteristics and communication context in the process of internalizing knowledge. It’s a crucial challenge and a major research topic for the primary and secondary English teachers to motivate students’ interest in learning English, improve the effect of English teaching, and create a student-centered and well-interacted class atmosphere. In order to motivate primary school students’ interest, some educators try to integrate drama into English teaching.
Keywords: drama, primary school, confidence, listening and speaking
Contents
Abstract
摘 要
1. Introduction-1
1.1 The Background Information-1
1.1.1 The Current Situation of English Teaching in Our Primary School-1
1.1.2 The Learning Traits of Primary School Students-1
1.2 The Purpose of This Article-2
2. Literature Review-3
2.1 The Notion of Drama-3
2.1.1 The Definition of Drama-3
2.1.2 Major Forms of Applying Drama in English Class-3
2.1.3 The Benefits of Using Drama-4
2.2 The Application of Drama in Class around the World-4
2.3 The Theoretical Principle of Drama-5
2.3.1 Communicative Approach-5
2.3.2 Systemic Functional Grammar.-5
2.3.3 Cooperative Learning-5
3. Methodology-6
3.1 The Purpose of this Experiment-6
3.2 Participants-6
3.3 The Procedures and Approaches-6
3.3.1 The Choice of Lesson-6
3.3.2 Observe and Record-6
3.3.3 The Teaching Plan-7
4. Results-9
4.1 The Results of this Experiment and An Analysis of the Data-9
4.1.1 Data Analysis of Three Tests-9
4.1.2 Data Analysis of Class Observation-9
4.2 Some Problems in Applying Drama in Chinese Class-10
5. Conclusion-11
References-12
