Abstract
<p>The study of English communication is not only a must to arts majors for international arts communication, but also a big challenge for them to master. The aim of the study is to explore the use of drama activities in English communication class in a Chinese arts college and to determine whether drama activities are beneficial to arts majors’ language proficiency and other cognitive skills. For this study, we employed a qualitative method by analyzing students’ reflective writing and observing participants’ activities. The findings show that drama in education is an effective way to teach college English in a Chinese arts college, so that a more elaborated curriculum design is urgently needed for better teaching and learning. </p>
Highlights
With the world’s globalization, countries have much more frequent and deeper interactions and communications in the fields of politics, economy, culture, education, etc
The purpose of the present study is to examine the use of drama activities in English communication classes in a Chinese arts college, as well as to determine whether drama would match arts majors learning styles and promote their English proficiency and other skills developments
Based on the analysis of participants’ reflections and interviews, we found that using drama to teach college English communication is an ideal and effective way to stimulate learners’ interest, enhance their language proficiency, improve their communication skills, and develop their many soft skills
Summary
With the world’s globalization, countries have much more frequent and deeper interactions and communications in the fields of politics, economy, culture, education, etc. As the lingua franca, plays an increasingly role in the international affairs and communications. In China, English communication has been stipulated as a required basic course at all levels of educational institutions ranging from primary schools to universities. English communication examinations have been a must for various entrance requirements, whether into a high school, a university or college, or into a graduate school for further study. With a specialized entrance examination, put an emphasis on candidates’ artistic skills and professional knowledge, which contributes to Arts majors’ comparatively lower scores in the learning of common core course, including English communication. English course is ignored by arts majors, and a big challenge for students to learn and for educators to teach
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