Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning

DRAMA

Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon

Articles

Creating Drama with Poetry: Teaching English as a Second Language Through Dramatization and Improvisation

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest/gaspar01.html

“Creating drama with poetry is an exciting language learning experience. The technique employs a multi-sensory approach to language acquisition by involving second language learners physically, emotionally, and cognitively in the language learning process.”

Encouraging English Expression through Script-based Improvisations

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Berlinger-ScriptImprov.html

“Dialogues, scenes and plays that approximate real communication provide a dynamic format in which language skills can be introduced and reinforced. Improvisation greatly enhances this approach.”

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites

Creative Drama Lesson Plans

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/lessons.html

Lesson plans developed for use in a Creative Drama Classroom (and a few games and lessons from others as well).

Creative Drama and Theatre Lesson Plans

http://www.creativedrama.com/

Classroom ideas, theatre games, plays for performance, and book list

The Drama Teacher's Class Room

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/

At the Drama Teacher's Resource Room we are striving to make it easier for you to encourage creative and challenging experiences for students in your drama classroom.

Exploring Prejudice in Young Adult Literature through Drama and Role Play

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring95/Bontempo.html

Young adult literature provides rich literary material for exploring issues and dilemmas of the human experience as perceived by the young.

National Standards for Theater Education

http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/

Information on Improvisation Situations, Theatre Games and Drama and Theatre Books.

Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, Puppetry & Readers Theater for Children & Young Adults

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/drama.htm

“Oral interpretation of literature through dramatic activity, storytelling or Reader's Theater is an effective method of promoting enjoyment of literature, developing oral expression and increasing reading comprehension. The following Internet sites offer resources for such activities.”

TEFL.NET ESL Lesson Plans, Improvisations

http://www.tefl.net/lessonplans/improvisations.htm

“Improvisations are not role-plays or simulations (although many of them can be adapted as such). The objective here is total spontaneity and improvisation.“