Investigates whether systematic links exist between young school-aged children's awareness of others' communicative intentions and early descriptive-expository and narrative writing proficiency. Young children were shown a directive speech act in a puppet-played scenario, and an interview determined the types of communicative intention attributed…

Describes an innovative world history class course, "History through Theater", taught at National University (San Diego, California). States that the course integrates the use of different learning styles. Discusses the content of the course and highlights the materials that the students read during the course. (CMK)

Questions how Western theatre's gender bias is extended and perpetuated by higher education institutions. Examines pedagogical alternatives to teaching beginning acting classes other than with monologue books. Suggests that by focusing on character rather than story, the culture of monologue books does not encourage students to look for aesthetic…

Three English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers share classroom successes in teaching the relationship among the poetic, affective, and communicative functions of language. One offers tips on how to use drama scripts, one illustrates how a song can foster creativity in a secondary class, and the third explains how the combination of a writing…

Examines the use of drama and dramatic activities in English language teaching by reviewing some of the theories behind the use of drama with learners of English and then by studying some practical procedural strategies such as lesson preparation, students' language needs, and classroom organization. (10 references) (GLR)

Calls for a curriculum which uses the plays of Shakespeare to teach human values. Suggests that attention to certain moments within Shakespeare's plays may enhance or refine the understanding of moral qualities. Acknowledges that some critics would deny that those values are universal or eternal. (SG)

Explains the use of dramatic texts in the classroom to demonstrate how ideas which are inconsistent with a culture's sense of reality may sometimes be rejected as implausible. Argues that a dominant ideology makes other views seem implausible or even inconceivable. Provides several examples from a variety of dramatic works. (SG)

Teachers can introduce children to the joys and excitement of public speaking by having students produce their own radio plays. Procedures for organizing this project are outlined, and a list of resources is included. (IAH)

Delineates the differences between prose fiction and media drama. Outlines what is gained and what is lost in translating prose fiction to the radio. The constraints include program formats and the resulting lack of character development. The gains include liveliness and immediacy. Discusses use of flashback and narration. (KO)

Corrected reprint of an article originally published in Language Arts, volume 66 number 2 (February 1989). See CS 737 385. (MM)

Describes a drama where students play the parts of NASA employees in charge of planning a space mission to one of the planets. (PR)

Describes two courses utilizing modern American fiction, poetry, and drama in which vivid depictions of the disasters wrought by excessive drinking are found. Posits these as examples of how literature that addresses problems related to drinking and alcoholism can be used in a focused way in alcohol education. (LKS)

Maintains that creative drama is an effective strategy for instruction and assessment in science classes. Describes a two-week summer program for high-achieving science and math middle school students which involved creative drama. (SR)

Interviewed 20 adolescents recently discharged from Hill End Adolescent Unit. Over one-half of sample described some benefit, most notably from drama therapy, family therapy, and peer group support. Areas of difficulty included objections to video recording and one-way mirrors; dislike of being on grounds of psychiatric hospital; inadequate…

Four classroom activities for French language instruction are described, including: an exercise in dramatics; word play using poetry and music; study of the relationship between gestures and speech, using comic strips; and the writing of a short story based on real train schedules and destinations. (MSE)