TEACHERS:RONALD PRADO OLIVO

CAROL MORELA MIRANDA

GimNaSiO dEl NoRtEValledupar

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Early Immersion Program It involves instruction in different areas.They are approached in English.Strong emphasis on the content. It aims to develop not only language skills butalso thinking and social skills through the useof the English in context.FIRST QUESTION: What is the best strategy toapply so that our classes can be more dynamicand the students can be more motivated?

Real communication involves ideas, emotions,feelings, appropriateness and adaptability. The conventional English class hardly gives the

learners an opportunity to use language in thismanner and develop fluency in it. So, as Wilga Rivers (1983) states, "the drama

approach enables learners to use what they arelearning with pragmatic intent, something that ismost difficult to learn through explanation.“We want our students to get an opportunity to

use the language in operation.

General Objective:To teach English through drama/role plays as anattractive alternative for our students to:

1. Develop their skills in communication.2. Use what they are learning with pragmatic

intent in a context for listening and meaningfullanguage production.

3. Gain the confidence of using the languageembedded in a context and a situation, in andoutside the class.

We asked for permission to work on thisproject.

We prepared the following activities:1. Humpty Dumpty – Values Program –

Obedience.2. The Lion and the Mouse – Reading

and Writing – Actions.3. It’s raining, it’s pouring – Science –

The states of water.4. Coffee and Tea – Language Arts –

Food.

We came up with an informal lesson plan foreach activity. e. g.

ROLE PLAY: “COFFEE AND TEA”1. Warming up: ωVideo about the story. ωGame

about identifying the names of the characters inthe story.

2. Presentation: ωThe rhyme through pictures.3. Practice: ωMemorization of the characters’

speech through a game: “Who wants to be…”4. Wrapping up: Role Play presentation.

Drama used in the classroom can be considereda communicative activity since it fosterscommunication between learners andprovides opportunities to use the targetlanguage in various 'make believe' situations.