In my senior project, I am looking at ways acting can be used to teach English, and am always curious to see how different artists convey archetypal themes in literature and theatre. While suffering the web, doing some research, I stumbled upon two very interesting sites. The first one, http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/using-drama-texts-classroom, talks about using drama texts in the classroom to engage students in literature, and help decipher the difficult language an author might be using to get across their point.
The second site, http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-1/drama.htm, talks about the importance of using drama in the classroom because it can help promote literacy in students, and talks about how teachers can facilitate effective dramatic activities, and it also speaks about using drama to help students learn how to speak, and read aloud better. It also states that drama can help build a vocabulary. It talks about several other activities a teacher can use to incorporate drama into a lesson plan, and I believe this is exactly what I was looking for because it reinforces my belief that the stage can sometimes be the best teacher.
I'm really interesting in how we teachers can inject drama into the curriculum to engage student interest. Did you find the teachingenglish.org article a bit dry?
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty interesting. I really enjoy drama and I think that I would be better at reading aloud if my previous english teachers used more drama in the learning process.
ReplyDeleteI think any teacher, regardless of subject, who can infuse drama, can and will appeal and engage their students. Passion is a powerful messenger!
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