The use of drama in elt – pros and cons (part I)

Abstract

This article entitled The Use of Drama in ELT – Pros and Cons consists of a selection of extracts from the scientific paper with the same name written by Ms. Raluca Andronic – an English teacher from Tulcea- Romania. (Such scientific papers tackling methodological aspects in teaching represent an assessment instrument based on which a teacher may achieve the highest level in teaching and the above mentioned paper has reached its purpose with a maximum grade.)

The paper is 135 pages long, comprising an Argumentation and 4 chapters, conclusions, annexes and bibliography/ resources, while the article is 33 pages long and it contains 6 sections, the annexes and a selected bibliography. Each of these sections  were subchapters from Chapter 1 and Chapter 4 in the initial paper. Section 1 is an Introduction presenting the role of drama in education, sections 2 and 3  highlight the compatibility between drama and teaching,  section 4 is about the aims and objectives  of the research underlying the scientific paper,  section 5 is a set of 5 lesson plans which were employed in the experimental phase of the research and section 6 brings the conclusions of the research, followed by the annexes of the lesson plans.