Students' and teachers' perceptions of using drama in the language classroom : implications for teaching

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i Declaration ii Acknowledgements iii Table of content iv Chapter One: Introduction 1 1.1 Education Reform 1 1.2 Senior Secondary School English Curriculum 3 1.3 Drama course in a local EMI secondary school 5 1.4 Purpose of the study 6 1.5 Organization of the study 7 Chapter Two: Literature Review 8 2.1 What is drama? 8 2.1.1 Teaching drama as texts 8 2.1.2 Creative writing 11 2.1.3 Teaching drama as performance 13 2.1.4 Drama In Education 14 2.2 What is the focus of the Drama module in NSS? 16 2.3 Drama in language classroom 18 2.3.1 Why drama should be used in language classroom? 19 2.3.2 How can drama activities be incorporated in language classroom? 22 2.3.3 Effectiveness of using drama in language classroom 25 2.3.4 Studies of drama in language education in Hong Kong 28 Chapter Three: Research design and methods 30 3.1 Background 30 3.2 Subjects 31 3.3 Objectives of the study 31 3.4 Data collection 33 3.4.1 Instruments 33 3.4.2 Procedure 35 Chapter Four: Results and Findings 36 4.