A GIMMICK FOR MIMIC: THE ELT STUDENT-TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS DRAMA COURSE
As a part of interaction-based meaningful activities, the use of drama techniques in education has gained popularity so far. The purpose of this study is to tackle the question whether the drama course together with the in-class applications contribute to the attitudes of prospective English lang...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Informascope
2016-04-01
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| Series: | International Online Journal of Education and Teaching |
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| Online Access: | http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/124/130 |
| Summary: | As a part of interaction-based meaningful activities, the use of drama techniques in education
has gained popularity so far. The purpose of this study is to tackle the question whether the
drama course together with the in-class applications contribute to the attitudes of prospective
English language teachers. In that, the study is composed of the quantitative analysis of the
attitudes of the prospective teachers from third graders at English Language Teaching
(hereafter ELT) department. The data are gathered through the use of a 25-question-attitude
scale (Topoğlu & Erden, 2012) which has been administered to all participants, which are in
sum 37 sophomore students. The results have indicated positive attitudes towards drama
course held in ELT department within the scope of desire to increase in course duration,
continuity of the course for future benefits, the development of personal, interactional and
social skills, and the improvement of the creativity skill. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-225X 2148-225X |