THE BENEFITS OF USING DRAMA

IN ELT CLASSES
DRAMA ACTIVITIES

Delma Cristina Lins C. Melo

 SEVEN GOOD REASONS TO
USING DRAMA IN ELT CLASSES
1. Dramatizing a text is very motivating
and fun.
2. By taking on a role students can
escape from treir everyday identity
and lose their inhibitions.
3. It appeals to all kinds of learners.
4. It allows students to add emotion or
personality to a text that they have
read or listened to.
 SEVEN GOOD REASONS TO
USING DRAMA IN ELT CLASSES
5. When using drama your aims can be
more than linguistic
6. Dramatizing can add a change of pace
or mood to the classroom
7. It helps to improve pronuciation,
intonation and fluency.
 DRAMA ACTIVITIES
1. MOODS IN WORDS
2. WHAT’S IN THE BOX
3. WHO ARE YOU
4. ACTION NOW
5. THAT’S MINE
6. ACT OUT A STORY
 REFERÊNCIAS
 WRIGHT, Andrew; BETTERIGDGE, David; BUCKBY,
Michael. Games for language learning. United Kingdom:
Cambridge University Press, 2006.

 JONES, Peter Watcyn. UimTop class activities. Essex:

Peguim English, 2000.
 IN THE STREET
A: Hello, what’s the time, please?
B: It’s 8 o’clock
A: Thank you very much
B: You’re welcome.