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Download full textLee, Kent K.; Abbott, Marilyn L.; Chen, Ning – TESL Canada Journal, 2020
A strong willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language is associated with successful language learning. ESL learners with high levels of WTC will seek opportunities to interact in meaningful communication in English. Engagement in meaningful communication is necessary for language learning as it increases access to comprehensible input,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dramatic Play, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Direct linkBorey, Valerie; Hegstad, Rebecca – Learning Languages, 2011
It is a typical day at the famous fish market in Bergen, Norway. Vendors wrapped in rain coats huddle under white tents, selling everything from shrimp to flowers to handmade souvenirs. Some tables are stacked with salmon and herring, while others feature baskets of berries and fresh fruits. Families out for their household grocery shopping are…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Food, Foreign Countries, Play
Warner, Sylvia Taba – T.E.S.L. Talk, 1978
Describes an experimental drama laboratory using a new course called "Scenario" which is designed to help those who speak sub-standard English improve their command of the language. A model scenario, commentary on the drama-lab approach, description of video taping lab, outline of class procedure, and sample coaching and critique cards are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions, Drama, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewedLuchini, Ingrid – Unterrichtspraxis, 1988
The German Club at Mayfield High School (New Mexico) plays an integral role in the school's German program. The "co-curricular" club motivates students with such activities as yearbook preparation; dance, choral, and dramatic recitals; video and Christmas parties; and picnics. Exchange students from German-speaking countries play active…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Dramatic Play, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedYoussef, Valerie; Carter, Beverly-Anne – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
Describes the experience of preparing Venezuelan English-as-a-Foreign-Language students at lower intermediate level to perform a Trinidadian dialect play before an international audience during a short course. The exercise was used to teach local culture in relation to the native culture of the students and also to teach functional and grammatical…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Dialects
Molloy, Shivaun – 1985
Classroom activity ideas for Japanese English as a second language students include a Punch and Judy puppet show (script included); a Halloween puppet trick-or-treat game to learn vocabulary and an American custom; a mime game using verbs; hangman; games of prediction, chance, and sorting or grouping; a Japanese card game similar to "slap"; a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education
