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Florian Hameau – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2024
If oral communication in a second language (L2) is considered a skill to be prioritized, it is also particularly anxiety-provoking for L2 learners. This is why their willingness to communicate, predicted in particular by the emotions experienced, has been the focus of recent studies to examine its evolution and factors likely to interact with it.…
Descriptors: Drama, Anxiety, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yang, Xinyuan – TESOL Journal, 2022
Lack of interest in classroom activities, difficulty in understanding reading texts, and unfamiliarity with using reading strategies are the three major problems that negatively impact students' achievements in English as a foreign language (EFL) reading classes. This article considers integration of drama activities into EFL reading classes,…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Reading Instruction, Drama
Riah Werner – English Teaching Forum, 2025
Storytelling passes down traditions and values while preserving languages and serving as a natural site for linguistic innovation and creativity. This article describes an approach to creating multilingual, multimodal stories that were developed for an after-school club at a rural Tanzanian secondary school. Club members told stories, wrote…
Descriptors: Clubs, Self Concept, Student Characteristics, English (Second Language)
Parkes, Lisa – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
In offering an account of teaching and performing Nurkan Erpulat and Jens Hillje's "Verrücktes Blut" (2010) with advanced German students, this article reflects on the theme of cultural identity, particularly with regard to current issues related to migrant populations. As a play that showcases theater as a transitional space where…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hogan, Zoe; Campbell, Victoria – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
Play is a universal human experience. Often regarded as the unique purview of children, an emerging body of research points to the importance of playfulness in adulthood. This article reports on the research and observations of two teaching artists working in Connected, a Sydney Theatre Company adult-literacy-through-drama programme. This article…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Drama, Creative Activities
González Becerra, Iria; del Río Alcalá, Berta – L2 Journal, 2022
This paper will share the design and implementation of a Zoom-mediated theatre workshop in an undergraduate advanced Spanish language course and explore how this type of activity can support the development of a range of learners' competences whilst generating virtual presence through playfulness and engagement. Our aim is twofold: to provide…
Descriptors: Drama, Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Spanish
Angelianawati, Luh – Journal of English Teaching, 2019
Due to the many potential benefits and drama can offer in language learning, there has been a growing interest to use drama in ESL/EFL classrooms. However, the practice still causes many difficulties to both teachers and students due to several factors. This article reviews current theories and research findings on the use of drama in ESL/EFL…
Descriptors: Drama, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Moser, Beverly – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2021
This article reports on an initiative to enrich the German curriculum at all levels via "Climate Stories," a student-centered learning project that capitalizes on the encouraging strides being made in German-speaking countries to combat global climate change. Students identify a real-life "climate story" in the news in German…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
Bula, Andrew – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2021
Reverend Father Professor Amechi Nicholas Akwanya is one of the towering scholars of literature in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. For decades, and still counting, Fr. Prof. Akwanya has worked arduously, professing literature by way of teaching, researching, and writing in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the University of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism, Teaching Methods
Dutton, Janet; Rushton, Kathy – English in Australia, 2018
English teachers often feel blamed for low results on high-stakes standardised literacy tests such as Australia's National Assessment Program--Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Faced with pressure for their students to produce high scores, teachers can react by making changes to both content and strategies which result in a narrowing of curriculum…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Creative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Drama
Balyasnikova, Natalia; Higgins, Sarah; Hume, Matt – TESOL Journal, 2018
This article describes the process of using an ethnodrama while working with older adults learning English as an additional language. By examining a 4-month-long period of Seniors Drama Club, created to offer theatre-based language learning experiences for Vancouver's immigrant senior population, the authors draw attention to the complex learning…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Drama
Abell, Jacob; Johnson, Stacey Margarita – Dimension, 2021
This paper describes one approach to focusing on Connections, one of the five Cs from the World Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, as a means of exposing introductory language students to culturally diverse authentic texts through drama-based pedagogy. Our approach focuses on an instructor working within an established departmental…
Descriptors: French, Introductory Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Guenther, Christina – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2017
This article explores how drama pedagogy in the foreign language classroom serves as a unique avenue for approaching the global issue of migration in the context of German-speaking Europe. The article focuses on how staging a contemporary play about migration, such as Roland Schimmelpfennig's "Der goldene Drache" (2009), in German for an…
Descriptors: English, Native Speakers, German, Second Language Learning
Arulselvi, Evangelin – Excellence in Education Journal, 2017
Desuggest is the opposite of suggest. This method is used to overcome some learning problems as it puts importance on desuggesting limitations on learning. Desuggestopedia has been called an affective-humanistic approach because there is respect for students' feelings. Students do not use their full powers of learning and they have some…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Humanism
Kita, Caroline A.; Eley, Michelle R. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2019
This article examines how the radio drama, or "Hörspiel", might be successfully implemented in the German classroom to train students' ability to listen for context. "Hörspiele" can help students reduce their dependency on visual stimuli, develop critical and discerning listening skills, and acquire familiarity with a…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Radio, Programming (Broadcast), Second Language Learning