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The writing, rehearsing and performing of a play by learners of English.

PROCEDURE

1. Ongoing drama exercises:

• relaxation, e.g. running in different ways --> listening skills,
• concentration, e.g. typewriter: letters, pronunciation, spelling,
• awakening imagination, e.g. learning texts and reciting them in different ways,
• observation, e.g. watch, mime and describe exactly --> vocabulary, tenses

2. Playwriting:

• establish topic through discussion of students' and teacher's suggestions
• groups share writing - dtudents create their own roles
• teacher acts as a consultant, making suggestions about content, correcting language

3. Rehearsing:

• teacher checks pronunciation of words in text
• students "overlearn" roles:
  • students prepare props, costumes
  • students rehearse (teacher as a consultant - avoids directing)

4. Performace: teacher and fellow students show appreciation !!!

5. Possible problems:

• students have sometimes weird, unsuitable ideas - teacher advises tactfully
• students speak too fast, too softly, pronunciation mistakes
• students' memory fails - forget words - stress
• back to audience
• audience not tolerant/ may not understand

Please use the following questionaire to evaluate educational drama at your lessons.

Drama survey. (Polish - MS Word document)