Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2024)

How does Drama in Education Challenge English Teaching in Mainstream Primary Schools in Hong Kong

Authors
Bai Xue1, 2, *
1Master of Arts and Science in Creative Health, University College London (UCL), London, WC1E 6BT, UK
2Master of Arts in Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: Xuebaibai777@gmail.com
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Bai Xue
Available Online 18 July 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_35How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Drama Education; English Curriculum; Second Language Learning; Pedagogy; Immersive Learning Environment; Oral Communication Skills
Abstract

Drama education is being used more and more in standard primary schools in Hong Kong to teach English. This method uses the history of how English education has changed over time to show its pros and cons. When used as a teaching tool, drama provides an immersive language environment, boosts speaking skills, and makes learning more fun and interactive. It also fixes problems with the way things are taught now. But it's hard to put into practice because there isn't a structured curriculum system and people are used to studying for tests. Even with these problems, drama education has a lot of promise to lead to changes in education and better results in teaching English in Hong Kong. To get past these problems and make the most of the effects of theater pedagogy, researchers and teachers must keep learning and researching. Together, teachers and policymakers can make it easier for new ways of teaching to be incorporated into the regular program.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 July 2024
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_35
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_35How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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