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Драматизацията в ранното чуждоезиково обучение
Drama in teaching foreign languages to young learners

Author(s): Zhivka Ilieva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: teaching English to young learners; drama; pronunciation; skills

Summary/Abstract: Drama is a conventional activity in the English language classroom. It is extremely useful in teaching young learners. The article views drama as a means for improving pronunciation, for learning vocabulary and structures, for social, communicative and 21st century skills development. Drama integrates all the subjects in the curriculum and contributes to the holistic development of the child. We enumerate the types of texts we use as a basis of drama activities and the types of drama we find most suitable and most often used in the young learner classroom.

  • Issue Year: XII/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-32
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian