The Application of Drama in Primary School English Teaching Abstract In recent years, there exist many controversies on English teaching. Lots of researchers have reflected the shortcomings in current primary and secondary school English teaching: the overemphasis on memorizing language symbols, linguistic rules, mechanical sentence drills, and the ignorance of the learners’ psychological characteristics and communication context in the process of internalizing knowledge. It’s a crucial challenge and a major research topic for the primary and secondary English teachers to motivate students’ interest in learning English, improve the effect of English teaching, and create a student-centered and well-interacted class atmosphere. In order to motivate primary school students’ interest, some educators try to integrate drama into English teaching.47378

Keywords: drama, primary school, confidence, listening and speaking 

运用戏剧于小学英语课堂摘要近些年来，随着人们对教育越来越重视， 在教育领域的争端也越来越多。许多研究者认为，目前存在于小学阶段英语教学中的问题主要有：注重对语言符号、语法规则的记忆；机械操练；对学习者心理特征的忽视；以及在语言教学过程中对语境的忽视。对于小学英语教师来说，如何引起学生学习英语的兴趣，提高语言学习的效果和效率，以及创设一个以学生为中心并且有良好的交流环境是一个至关重要的挑战，也是一个值得探讨的课题。为了激发小学生们的学习热情，笔者也尝试将戏剧运用于英语课堂。

毕业论文关键词：戏剧，小学课堂，自信，听说能力

 Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 The Background Information 1

1.1.1 The Current Situation of English Teaching in Our Primary School 1

1.1.2 The Learning Traits of Primary School Students 1

1.2 The Purpose of This Article 2

2. Literature Review 3

2.1 The Notion of Drama 3

2.1.1 The Definition of Drama 3

2.1.2 Major Forms of Applying Drama in English Class 3

2.1.3 The Benefits of Using Drama 4

2.2 The Application of Drama in Class around the World 4

2.3 The Theoretical Principle of Drama 5

2.3.1 Communicative Approach 5

2.3.2 Systemic Functional Grammar. 5

2.3.3 Cooperative Learning 5

3. Methodology 6

3.1 The Purpose of this Experiment 6

3.2 Participants 6

3.3 The Procedures and Approaches 6

3.3.1 The Choice of Lesson 6

3.3.2 Observe and Record 6

3.3.3 The Teaching Plan 7

4. Results 9

4.1 The Results of this Experiment and An Analysis of the Data 9

4.1.1 Data Analysis of Three Tests 9

4.1.2 Data Analysis of Class Observation 9

4.2 Some Problems in Applying Drama in Chinese Class 10

5. Conclusion