Methods of Teaching English through Drama

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This innovative new course provides an overview of the use of drama in English education, especially second language acquisition, and provides training in the use of applied drama techniques, process drama, and readers' theatre for language teaching. Students will gain an understanding of appropriate means of integrating drama activities with the goals of language acquisition including use of games, improvisation, work with structuring drama, play-writing, and development, dramatic reading, and training in voice and diction. Students will learn how to integrate educational theatre approaches with curriculum and make them relevant to all ages and levels of language learners. This course is only offered at Vietnam National University.