UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
INCORPORATING DRAMA ACTIVITIES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
NUR DIYANA DINTI A RAHMAN
Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Masters Degree of Education in the Teaching of English as Second Language (TESL)
Master of Education (TESL)
Faculty of Education
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I declare that the work in this thesis was carried out in accordance with the regulations of Universiti Teknologi MARA. It is original and is the result of my own work, unless otherwise indicated or acknowledged as referenced work. This thesis has not been submitted to any other academic institution or non-academic institution for any other degree or qualification.
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Nur Diyana Binti A Rahman
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Master of Education (TESL)
Faculty of Education
Incorporating Drama Activities in The ESL Classroom:
An Exploratory Study
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March 2011
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Abstract
This paper reports on an exploratory study designed to explore (a) students’ perceptions towards the incorporation of drama activities, (b) issues faced by the students throughout the incorporation of drama activities, and (c) the extent of communication and participation among students brought about by the use of drama activities. The convenience samples were among thirty (30) English second language learners of a General English class of Limkokwing University. The data were collected through pre and post interviews, and classroom’s observations. Analyses of the data were explained based on sub-themes, which revealed positive feedbacks in students’
perceptions towards working in groups, communicating and performing with others; as part of the incorporation of drama activities. Moreover, the issues faced by the teacher and students throughout the incorporation of drama activities were discovered. There were only two (2) students showed significant changes in their communication and participation in drama activities, while the other remaining students were still passive and not
Abstrak
Tujuan kajian ini dilaksanakan adalah untuk mengkaji dan mengenalpasti (a) persepsi pelajar tentang pengendalian aktiviti-aktiviti drama di dalam kelas Bahasa Inggeris (b) cabaran yang dihadapi oleh guru dan pelajar-pelajar semasa pengendalian aktiviti-aktiviti drama (c) tahap komunikasi dan kerjasama di antara pelajar semasa pengendalian aktiviti- aktiviti drama. Sampel kepada kajian ini terdiri daripada 30 pelajar Bahasa Inggeris di dalam kelas yang dikenali sebagai ’General English’ di Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT). Data dikumpul menggunakan temuduga dan kaedah pemerhatian. data-data yang dikumpul serta analisis daripada temuduga mendapat maklum balas yang positif daripada pelajar-pelajar tentang pengendalian aktiviti-aktiviti drama, walaubagaimanapun, guru dan pelajar-pelajar didapati masih menghadapi beberapa kesukaran dalam pengendalian aktiviti-aktiviti drama. Hanya dua orang pelajar pasif yang menunjukkan perubahan yang ketara berbanding empat orang pelajar yang lain yang masih kekal pasif.
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Acknowledgement
In the name of ALLAH S.W.T, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
First of all, 1 would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Allah S.W.T, for the strength and courage that He has given me for the duration of this academic project.
Secondly, I would like to express my special appreciation to my academic project supervisor, Dr. Shireena Basree for her willingness to help me by providing me with a lot of guidance to enable me to complete my research.
Next, I would like to give my special thanks to my loving family especially to my husband, Irwan Farid Bin Kamaruddin for his kind understanding and endless moral support; my parents, A Rahman Bin A Samad and Fa’izah Binti Hamzah for their unconditional love.
I would also like to thank all my ED720 friends especially my close friends - Nor Azyyati Md Saad, Jasmin Hassan and Irda Haryani Tahir for their opinions, useful information, comments and most of all, their never ending support and encouragement throughout the completion of my academic project.
Finally, 1 would like to mention everyone who has either directly or indirectly enabled me to complete my research.
Thank you
Nur Diyana Binti A Rahman
