EXPLORING AND EXPLOITING DRAMA IN THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOMS

EXPLORING AND EXPLOITING DRAMA IN THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOMSTOPIC 8Harith FahmiAhmad KamilFRAMEWORK OF TOPICSFUNCTION OF DRAMA IN ESL CLASSROOMDrama can help to develop child thinking developmentDrama can help to develop children skills developmentDrama as a new tool of learning

CHARACTERISTICS OF DRAMATend to be based of the story plotAs literature in action, drama brings a story to life before our eyesStory of a play or drama is told through dialogue and action and is integrated with the setting that the audience observes-largely from scenery and props

TYPES OF DRAMAImprovisation / Lets pretendRole PlaysMimeMasked DramaPuppet PlaysPerformance PoetryRadio Drama TYPES OF DRAMA GENRETragedy ComedyProblem PlayFarceComedy of MannersFantasyMelodramaELEMENTS OF DRAMAFocusTensionTimingRhythmContrastMoodSpaceLanguageSoundTeachers can use their creative skills by creating and adapting the stories or the poetries into drama scripts to be taught in classroom.CREATING & ADAPTING STORIES/POETRY INTO DRAMA SCRIPTS

Drama from Picture BooksProblem Solving ExerciseSoundtrackNarrative PantomimeInstant IllustrationWhats Up, Tiger Lily ?Readers TheatreActivities suggested for the teachers to incorporate and apply in the lesson plan for teaching purposeTEACHING STRATEGIESACTIVITIES FOR PRE STAGE- WARMING UPMoving HandsCatwalkGuess the LeaderPicture the StoryACTIVITIES FOR THE WHILE STAGENew DialoguesGuessing The CharacterGuessing the CostumeACTIVITIES FOR THE POST STAGEChain storyStory telling with objects