Lights, Camera and Action: Using Creative Drama to Improve Speaking Skill in a Group of Fifth Graders in a Private Institution

ABSTRACT: This action research study was carried out at Instituto Salesiano Pedro Justo Berrio in Medellin, which intended to describe how creative drama activities foster the students’ communicative speaking skills in a group of 5th graders. There were 14 participants with a basic level of English who participated in activities such as mimics, improvisation, frozen image, imitation, role-play, and theatrical exercises. Some school’s extracurricular activities influenced the application of the project. The data was collected with a survey and personal observations. The results gathered from this research showed how students’ willingness to communicate was increasing, which positively affected their communicative speaking skills; moreover, during the research, the teacher and classmates’ influence was crucial when supporting students’ learning processes.

• Autores: Méndez Caldón, Edna Carolina
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/30698
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/30698
• Palabra clave: Action research; Communicative competence; Drama--Technique; English language - Study and teaching; Elementary schools; Communicative skills; Drama in education; Habilidades comunicativas; Investigacion accion – Medellin; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042512; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000722; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029112; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039333; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043705
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/