The use of drama is often overlooked by teachers searching for new ideas. In this article, Larry Lynch highlights a few ways of using drama as a resource in the language classroom.
One area which could always use more attention is the use of drama. It's all around us and our learners in the media of television, radio, cinema, stories in the printed media and the internet. Here are some interesting ways you could initiate Drama into an EFL class or new drama group.
Role Play activities from the learner text books
If you're using a course book such as Interchange, American Channel, Headway, Cutting Edge, First Class, etc. you can have the learners start out by "acting out" dialogues from their text books. Additional scenes to cover what happened before and after the dialogue can be created and added for even more dimension.
Act Out video scenes
If there is a video from the same course book series learners can act these out too. In this case also, additional before and after scenes can be created and added to expand and deepen the role play context. Be sure to use realia and props in the scene dramatizations to help the learners get "into character". And by all means, be creative. If the dramas are recorded (video and/or audio you can easily demonstrate improvement in technique, speech, language use, fluency, etc. to the students later on.
Use Scenes From Movies
Use dramatic scenes from movies and films as a basis for drama / dialogue practice. Famous, popular or memorable movie scenes work best. Have learners take the roles of characters in the movie scene and do the same lines as the original actors imitating accent, gestures, discourse, etc. Students can also put their own personal "spin" or "interpretation" on the scene and dialogue for added interest. Encourage the use of the local variety of English for added impact.
Source: http://www.eslbase.com/articles/drama.asp
Games or activities in the class:
Acting Out Adverbs - A fun learning game ideal for a conversation class. One team acts out an adverb while the other team tries to guess what it is.
Acting Out Topics - An activity that is played out in pairs. Learners work together to role play situations given by the teacher.
Adverbial Charade - Adverbial Charades is a mime game that can be incorporated into any grammar lessons. A student peforms a pantomime in the manner of the adverb, while the rest of the class tries to guess what the adverb is.
Animal Game - This is activity is ideal for young children. Players walk around in a circle, while the teacher calls out an animal sound that the players have to make.
Charades - Charades is a popular game that every efl/esl learner of all levels will enjoy. Students act out a word or phrase while the rest of the class tries to guess what it is.
Dating Game - This is a great game that will encourage conversation and interaction. Students write their own profile for a fictional Lonely Hearts newspaper column, and try to find a suitable match.
Guess the Adverb - Guess the Adverb is an activity in which a volunteer tries to guess a particular adverb based on the way it was acted out.
Panel Guessing Game - In this efl/esl activity, learners form panels and try to guess a career field which is written from behind.
Sculpting Figures - a fun activity for teaching esl to young children. The teacher calls out a vocabulary while players go about "sculpting" their partner.
Sea Creatures - a fun game for young children. Players pretend to be a sea creatures and try to avoid been eaten (tagged) by the shark.
Start or End With An Image - teams work together to act out what they interpret a given photograph or painting to mean. They must either start from or end the scene in a frozen position that is as close as possible to the given photo or painting.
Story in a Bag - In this activity, students work in groups to invent a story based on items that they had randomly selected from a bag.
Verb to Adverb Acting - Verb to Adverb is a mime game. Players act out in pantomime a verb and an adverb choosen by another team.
Who Am I? - In this role play/drama activity, learners act out the mannerisms of another classmate. The rest of the class tries to guess who among them is been portrayed.
Source: http://www.eslactivities.info/drama/index.php
15 best TEFL games with miming/ TPR: http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/games/miming-games/
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