Abstract

In recent years, there exist many controversies on English teaching. Lots of researchers have reflected the shortcomings in current primary and secondary school English teaching: the overemphasis on memorizing language symbols, linguistic rules, mechanical sentence drills, and the ignorance of the learners’ psychological characteristics and communication context in the process of internalizing knowledge. It’s a crucial challenge and a major research topic for the primary and secondary English teachers to motivate students’ interest in learning English, improve the effect of English teaching, and create a student-centered and well-interacted class atmosphere. In order to motivate primary school students’ interest, some educators try to integrate drama into English teaching.

Keywords: drama, primary school, confidence, listening and speaking

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-1

1.1 The Background Information-1

1.1.1 The Current Situation of English Teaching in Our Primary School-1

1.1.2 The Learning Traits of Primary School Students-1

1.2 The Purpose of This Article-2

2. Literature Review-3

2.1 The Notion of Drama-3

2.1.1 The Definition of Drama-3

2.1.2 Major Forms of Applying Drama in English Class-3

2.1.3 The Benefits of Using Drama-4

2.2 The Application of Drama in Class around the World-4

2.3 The Theoretical Principle of Drama-5

2.3.1 Communicative Approach-5

2.3.2 Systemic Functional Grammar.-5

2.3.3 Cooperative Learning-5

3. Methodology-6

3.1 The Purpose of this Experiment-6

3.2 Participants-6

3.3 The Procedures and Approaches-6

3.3.1 The Choice of Lesson-6

3.3.2 Observe and Record-6

3.3.3 The Teaching Plan-7

4. Results-9

4.1 The Results of this Experiment and An Analysis of the Data-9

4.1.1 Data Analysis of Three Tests-9

4.1.2 Data Analysis of Class Observation-9

4.2 Some Problems in Applying Drama in Chinese Class-10

5. Conclusion-11

References-12