Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 9)

Encouraging Students' Involvement in Drama Performance (A Case Study in an English Course in Bandung)

Authors
Elis Homsini Maolida, Liana Savitri
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Elis Homsini Maolida
Available Online November 2016.
DOI
10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Drama, student's involvement, drama performance, drama preparation
Abstract

This study explores the implementation of various strategies to encourage students' involvement in drama performance. The present study employed a case study by observing the teachers' and students' process of drama preparation and performance. Teachers' and students' interview were also conducted to collect the data of their responses toward the strategies. In addition, students' journals were analyzed to support the data. The Findings show that there were at least three strategies implemented in encouraging students to take part in drama performance actively: character award, collaborating classes to perform a story, and drama posters. The findings also show that the teachers and students gave various responses toward the strategies. From the responses, the benefits and shortcomings of each strategy are also revealed. Collaborating classes in regular rehearsal, for instance, encouraged the students to have a good preparation for the performance since other classes watched their performance from the beginning. Accordingly, the students competed to show a better progress. Furthermore, the findings uncover what seems to be lacking in the implemented strategies such as the absence of detailed indicators in assessing students' performance and attitude during the process of drama preparation. The results of this study imply that to get the optimal advantage of those strategies, the teachers need to have a more detailed preparation, a better time management, and consistency in their implementation.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 9)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-322-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.23How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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