Investigating the role of short plays in motivating learners to speak and communicate in english
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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This research addresses the issue of using drama activities in the algerian classrooms. More specifically, it seeks to explore the role of performing short plays in motivating students to speak and communicate in english. The data were collected through conducting classroom observation which takes place at the department of english university of Larbi Ben M'Hdi with first year LMD students, the classroom observation took five sessions and was followed by students' and teachers' questionnaires. The information gathered from the observation revealed the importance of performing short plays in learning foreign languages and how it motivates students use english to express their ideas and thoughts.The analyses of the questionnaires corroborated the aforementioned result and both teachers and students agree about the importance of drama activities in raising the students' motivation to communicate in the target language.
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Enseignement : langue (anglais) : (Algeria)