Drama in the Classroom
Myrella Lara
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REHEARSALS
By means of rehearsing the script students will be practicing their pronunciation, diction, intonation, pitch, inflection, and other linguistic aspects of their acquiring a second language. The teacher will act as a coach, correcting and encouraging proper delivery, all within the “acting” context. Roles will be rotated (with a system of under-studies) to allow maximum enjoyment and interest. The fact that the student has entered another persona will allow him to feel safe and less self-conscious in his practice of the second language. This is the time when successful correcting of the student’s pronunciation can be achieved, since the student is role playing, the character is the one being corrected (the student is not “wrong”).
