Published

2001-01-01

Improving Speaking through Role Plays and Dramatization

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Authors

  • Diana Cárdenas C.E.D. San Luis
  • María Deisy Robayo Ruiz C.E.D. San Luis

Frequently, in our English classes, we observe our students working on some tasks and some questions come to our minds: Are we using good procedures to teach English? Are they effective ways to learn English? and in general: What can we do in order to improve English learning? These reflections belong to a wide field of research. We concentrated on one of the skills that we consider basic to develop the overall improvement of English as a second language: speaking. After some pedagogical reflections concerning oral activities in the classroom, we chose some role-plays and dramatizations to determine their impact on students' oral production and the effect they may have on students' learning processes.

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