HAYEF: Journal of Education
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Attitudes of Turkish EFL Learners Towards the Use of Drama Activities in English

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İstanbul Arel K-12 Schools, Istanbul-Turkey

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Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Istanbul-Turkey

HAYEF: Journal of Education 2017; 14: 245-277
Read: 2454 Downloads: 893 Published: 30 October 2019

The purpose of this study is to examine 9th grade students and EFL professionals’ attitudes towards the use of drama in English classes. This study can be a fundamental key for representing the value of using drama in improving the language skills of the learners as a tool to promote reflective and emancipative language learning. Moreover, drama may enhance students’ oral language proficiency and their attitude in a positive way by implementing drama techniques within an accelerated framework at a foundation (private) K-12 School in Istanbul, Turkey. This qualitative study is intended to familiarize students with a number of drama techniques, such as hot-seating, frozen frames, verbal games, strategic interaction and role play through drama for cultivating language competence process as a supplementary teaching methodology. The findings of the study indicated that B1 and A2 Turkish EFL students have gained the ability to explore new alternative learning techniques such as drama and positive attitude in English classrooms.

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