Most English teachers consider drama to not be within their English Language Arts curriculum, drama is used more often as a teaching method in other disciplines. ... English teachers tend to leave drama to theater courses, isolating drama techniques from most English classrooms. Yet, the research on classroom drama suggests that there is considerable untapped potential for using drama as a teaching method. ... Students are learning through drama. ... Drama has many applications in the classroom. ...

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"Drama can be defined as an experience that creates emotion. Drama is a collaborative group art form where people transform, act and reflect upon the human condition. In drama, people are the instruments of inquiry." ... Bruce Burton, playwright, director, teacher and drama consultant views drama as a very important learning area. Burton states that, "the study of drama is about learning life skills, not just acting skills" and that the techniques learnt "can be extremely valuable, not just for performance, but for your own personal development." ...

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I am the person who would rather watch advertising than enjoy a movie or TV drama. ... The reason why I chose to study high school in American is because it takes 3-years long to finish it. It spends so much time studying it. ... The benefit is that we can help our parents save more money studying two diplomas at one time. ... Bachelor degree is more beneficial than AA degree because it shows a greater depth of study of studying and more acknowledge in the primary field of study. ...

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These studies have also shown that newborns respond to human voices and to music. ... Some (but not all) important considerations to take into account when developing an oral language programme are: if children are interested in something, they will listen to it; listening is not only about how well children listen to teachers, but how well children listen to each other, and how well teachers listen to children; teachers should combine listening with a combination of eye contact, facial expressions, body language and verbal responses; peer teaching and evaluation is good for listening; childr...

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Intensive study encourages a fully developed understanding of a subject, making one's knowledge of it integrated and coherent. ... If we want people to have conception of Shakespearean drama, then a play by Neil Simon is not a satisfactory substitute for a play by Shakespeare. (130) Students lack cultural knowledge all right, but is this because they haven't been taught what is shared? ...

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