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1. Drama and Theater as Art,
a Social Activity, and a Way
of Learning English
Language Competencies and
Skills

2. Objectives
At the end of this topic, as a pre- service teacher, you
should be able to:
❑determine the properties and characteristics of Drama
as Art, a Social Activity;
❑recognize how Drama and Theater can be used in
learning English language; and
❑Express holistic understanding of the lesson and its
applications by doing the tasks provided.
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3. DRAMA AS
ART
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4. What is the purpose of drama?
▸ Explores who we are, where we could
go, and where we have come from
▸ Express thoughts, feelings, and desires
▸ Draws on the richness of culture to
create new dramatic works
▸ The producer itself creates drama in a
way s/he defines literature
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5. DRAMA AS
Social
Activity
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6. How is it?
▸ Public Speech
▸ Entertainment
▸ Business and Commercial
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7. DRAMA AS
LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTION
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8. WHY IS IT?
▸ increase in language and problem-solving ability
▸ increase in student self-efficacy
▸ that make use of all four language domains and
includes the examination of plays in writing, on the
stage, and as a playwright
▸ a completely student- created production
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9. WHY IS IT?
▸ it can foster community and cultural understanding,
and it also increases students’ self-confidence
overall (Wolf, 2005).
▸ It enables them to get out of their seats and to
move, listen, speak, and discover what it is to be
human and how having fun can relate to learning.
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10. THE EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING DRAMA IN CLASS
▸ Incorporating the arts into the everyday classroom has been a
matter of some interest for a while; likewise, how best to educate
English language learners (ELLs) continues to be an ever increasingly
important prospect in the 21st century.
▸ Involving students in cooperative, process-oriented and at the same
time peace-related drama activities, is therefore one of the most
challenging tasks for the language teachers.
▸ in-service training institutions offer workshops or even a real
training course on the use of drama techniques in language teaching
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11. THE EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING DRAMA IN CLASS
▸ that it not only motivates students and helps to speed up the
learning process, but also improves their relationships with each
other and the atmosphere of the class.
▸ . Integrating drama as a teaching method in language teaching,
means bringing real life as well as fantasy situations and
characters into the classroom.
▸ It requires enthusiasm and a willingness ―to take risks on the
part of the students and the teacher
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12. SHORT ACTIVITY:
Say the line with appropriate
emotions, pauses, intonation,
and pronunciation.
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16. 1.
LEARNING GUIDE
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19. Theater Arts:
An Overview
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20. Objectives
▸ At the end of this topic, as a pre- service teacher, you should be
able to:
■ determine the history, elements and activities that
theatre can offer;
■ recognize the role of Drama and Theater as a medium in
learning English; and
■ Express holistic understanding of the lesson and its
applications by doing the tasks provided.
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21. HISTORY
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22. Theatre
▸ an art concerned almost exclusively with live
performances in which the action is precisely planned
to create a coherent and significant sense of drama.
▸ derived from the Greek theaomai, “to see,”
▸ The full participation of the spectator is a vital
element in theatre.
▸ Theatre is not essentially a literary art,
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23. Theatre
▸ Some may focus on the script itself, but some are
gearing towards the performance on stage
▸ script of a play is the basic element of theatrical
performance
▸ dramatic masterpieces demand the creative
cooperation of artists other than the author
▸ truly memorable theatrical experience is one in which
the various elements of performance are brought into a
purposeful harmony.
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24. HOW IT STARTED
▸ The Dionysiac festivals were held in honour of Dionysus, a
god concerned with fertility, wine, and prophecy.
▸ sacrifice might have been enacted ritualistically without the
actual sacrifice of the animal.
▸ Aristotle felt that the representation on stage of Oedipus’s
suffering was a means of catharsis—vicarious purgation or
cleansing—for the spectators.
▸ Mimesis, the artistic representation or imitation of an event,
has been discerned in such rituals as war dances, which are
intended to frighten the enemy and instill courage into the
hearts of the participants.
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25. HOW IT STARTED
▸ simple storytelling, as when the storyteller
adopts a false voice or adds
characterization through movement and
costume
▸ Greek playwrights of 5th-century-BCE
Athens (Aeschylus or Sophocles )
▸ Elizabethan Period
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26. Parts of the Theatre
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○ Theatre: The building where acting takes place
○ Deck: The stage area
○ Proscenium: The boundary between the stage and the audience in a
conventional theatre; it appears to form an arch over the stage from
the audience's point of view
○ Apron: The stage area in front of the proscenium arch
○ Wings: The "backstage" or parts of a stage off to the left and right
not seen by the audience

27. Parts of the Theatre
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○ Tabs: Curtains separating the stage from the audience
○ Orchestra Pit: Where the musicians play, usually directly in front of
the stage, often sunken below the seating sections
○ House: The seating section of the theatre, the people in the theatre
and/or the audience
○ Greenroom: The area backstage where actors rest before, during and
after a show

28. Rehearsal Vocabulary
▸ Rehearsal: Practice of the play
▸ Script: The text of the dialogue and stage directions of a play
▸ Blocking: An actor's movement around a set
▸ Stage Direction: Any instruction for the actors in the script of a play
▸ Stage Left: The side of the stage on the left when facing the audience
▸ Stage Right: The side of the stage on the right when facing the
audience
▸ Downstage: The front of the stage; in the direction of the audience
▸ Upstage: Towards the back of the stage; the half of the stage that is
farthest from the audience
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29. Rehearsal Vocabulary
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▸ Crossing: Moving from one point on the stage to another
▸ Exit: A stage direction which specifies which person goes off stage
▸ Beat: The smallest division of action in a play or a very short pause
▸ Read Through: A reading of the entire play or act without blocking
▸ Monologue: An extended set of lines spoken by one person either
directly addressing the audience or another character
▸ Motivation: A character's individual desires or goals which propel
them into action; the driving force of an inciting event that starts a
story's progression

30. Rehearsal Vocabulary
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▸ Cheating: The practice of turning one's body towards the audience
even while keeping the head facing one's scene partner
▸ Prompt: To give an actor his/her next line when he/she has forgotten
it
▸ Ad Libbing: Acting without having planned what to do or say
▸ Fourth Wall: An imaginary surface at the edge of the stage through
which the audience watches a performance (If a character speaks
directly to the audience or walks on/off the stage, this is known as
“Breaking the Fourth Wall”)

31. 1.
LEARNING GUIDE
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