1. The Use
of Drama
in the
Classroom

2. What is Drama?
Drama is the specific
mode of fiction represented
in performance. The term
comes from a Greek word
meaning “action"
( δρᾶμα), which is derived
from "to do."

4. Types of Dramas:
 Improvisation / Let’s Pretend
 Role Plays
 Mime
 Masked Drama
 Puppet Plays
 Performance Poetry
 Radio Drama

5. Advantages:
 Self - confidence
 Imagination
 Empathy
 Cooperation
 Fun
 Adaptability
 Create sensitivity and sense of awareness
 Universality

6. Disadvantages:
 Spontaneity is lost
 Activities may not be for all levels
Sometimes causes embarrassment
Teachers fear of losing control

7. How to Use Drama in the
Classroom

8. As English language teaching
professionals we're always on the
lookout for new ideas and activities to
expand the repertoire of dynamics in
our EFL class rooms.
One area which could
always use more attention
is the use of drama.

9. Ways to use Drama in the classroom:
Role Play activities from the learner text books.
Act Out video scenes.
Use Scenes From Movies.
Case-scenery.

10. Role Play activities from the
learner text books
If you're using a course book such as Interchange Third
Edition, Side by Side, super goal, American
Framework, First Class, etc. you can have the learners
start out by "acting out" dialogues from their text books.

11. Act Out video scenes
-
If there is a video from the same course book
series learners can act these out too.

12. Use Scenes From Movies
Use dramatic scenes from
movies and films as a basis
for drama / dialogue
practice. Famous, popular or
memorable movie scenes
work best. Have learners
take the roles of characters
in the movie scene and do
the same lines as the original
actors imitating
accent, gestures, discourse, e
tc.

13. Case-scenarios
A case scenario is a made-up situation or problem using
real-life constraints and affects in order to discuss and
predict how a certain situation could turn out in the real
world.