Drama and oral language: Impacting oral English language performance with process drama and Normal (Technical) Secondary 4 students

Abstract

This research sought to determine the impact of the use of process drama as pedagogy within a structured program of oral language instruction. The focus group for the study were Normal Technical students at Secondary 4 level. The researchers implemented a pre-planned and developmental course of study of ten drama lessons with four groups of students at various schools. The aim was to improve their oral language proficiency. The focus groups were compared against comparison groups from the same schools using tests modelled on the Normal Level Oral English Examination held with this cohort each year in August/September.

"The aim of this research was to investigate what impact, if any, a series of planned process drama lessons would have on the performance of Secondary 4 Normal (Technical) [N(T)] students in their oral English examination."-- [p. 1] of executive summary.