Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman

This paper reports on an exploratory study designed to explore (a) students’ perceptions towards the incorporation of drama activities, (b) issues faced by the students throughout the incorporation of drama activities, and (c) the extent of communication and participation among students brought abou...

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Main Author:	A Rahman, Nur Diyana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Language and education Audiovisual aids. Visual communication Drama
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15388/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15388/1/TM_NUR%20DIYANA%20A%20RAHMAN%20ED%2011_5.pdf

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spelling	uitm-153882016-11-16T02:20:01Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15388/ Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman A Rahman, Nur Diyana Language and education Audiovisual aids. Visual communication Drama This paper reports on an exploratory study designed to explore (a) students’ perceptions towards the incorporation of drama activities, (b) issues faced by the students throughout the incorporation of drama activities, and (c) the extent of communication and participation among students brought about by the use of drama activities. The convenience samples were among thirty (30) English second language learners of a General English class of Limkokwing University. The data were collected through pre and post interviews, and classroom’s observations. Analyses of the data were explained based on sub-themes, which revealed positive feedbacks in students’ perceptions towards working in groups, communicating and performing with others; as part of the incorporation of drama activities. Moreover, the issues faced by the teacher and students throughout the incorporation of drama activities were discovered. There were only two (2) students showed significant changes in their communication and participation in drama activities, while the other remaining students were still passive and not interested in communicating and participating in the drama activities. 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15388/1/TM_NUR%20DIYANA%20A%20RAHMAN%20ED%2011_5.pdf A Rahman, Nur Diyana (2011) Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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description	This paper reports on an exploratory study designed to explore (a) students’ perceptions towards the incorporation of drama activities, (b) issues faced by the students throughout the incorporation of drama activities, and (c) the extent of communication and participation among students brought about by the use of drama activities. The convenience samples were among thirty (30) English second language learners of a General English class of Limkokwing University. The data were collected through pre and post interviews, and classroom’s observations. Analyses of the data were explained based on sub-themes, which revealed positive feedbacks in students’ perceptions towards working in groups, communicating and performing with others; as part of the incorporation of drama activities. Moreover, the issues faced by the teacher and students throughout the incorporation of drama activities were discovered. There were only two (2) students showed significant changes in their communication and participation in drama activities, while the other remaining students were still passive and not interested in communicating and participating in the drama activities.
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title	Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman
title_short	Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman
title_full	Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman
title_fullStr	Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman
title_full_unstemmed	Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman
title_sort	incorporating drama activities in the esl classroom: an exploratory study / nur diyana a rahman
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Incorporating drama activities in the ESL classroom: An exploratory study / Nur Diyana A Rahman

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