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Esl Learning Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill Aug 2010

Esl Learning Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill

Chamkaur Gill

Extract: Drama-based activities can assist learners develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through constant exposure to the target language. Annarella (2000) and Boudreault (2009) refer to the guided imagery and imagination in drama techniques which assist in the development of these skills.


Using Drama Techniques To Encourage Oral Interaction, Chamkaur Gill Jun 2010

Using Drama Techniques To Encourage Oral Interaction, Chamkaur Gill

Chamkaur Gill

The writer argues drama is certainly not a panacea for all the ills existing in the language teaching world, but it would seem to have strengths in the oral skills area that conservative teaching methods do not.


Getting Language Learners To 'Open Up', Chamkaur Gill Jun 2010

Getting Language Learners To 'Open Up', Chamkaur Gill

Chamkaur Gill

This article explores the unwillingness of Non English speaking background students from a cultural and psychological perspective, and suggests activities that may assist overcoming this reticence.