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Enhancing The English-Language Oral Skills Of International Students Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Enhancing The English-Language Oral Skills Of International Students Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Chamkaur Gill
Ten non-English-speaking-background students of Bond University were observed to identify the effects of drama on oral English. Over a period of twelve weeks (two hours per week), elements of their oral English communication were measured. The weeks were divided into four lots of three weeks each, with the first three weeks made up entirely of communicative non-drama-based (CNDB) lessons, weeks four to six comprising only communicative drama-based (CDB) methodology, weeks seven to nine reverting to CNDB methodology, and the final three weeks being made up of CDB strategies again. The hypothesis of this study was that all the participants would …
Cap Writing: Variations (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Cap Writing: Variations (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Joy Barnes-Johnson
When reluctant writers are "stuck" using others' works as a stimulus for their own work encourages creativity while also building conventions
Cap Writing: Transcribing (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Cap Writing: Transcribing (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Joy Barnes-Johnson
Transcription is a useful technique for developing literacy among reluctant writers.