A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING DRAMA FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE ACCURACY AND FLUENCY IN EFL LEARNERS

The need for communicable aptitudes in English language is growing. Literature can be regarded as the most appropriate of materials for prompting these conversational skills .Therefore, the application of drama as a subclass in the world of literature can have a useful part to have in EFL courses. Drama-oriented tasks need the engagement of students in the lively and communicative process of interchange. The application of drama practices and tasks in classes gives suitable chances to the students to apply language in a tangible opportunity. Moody (2009) indicates" the aim of using drama is to bridge a gap between the classroom and outside world". Drama can be considered as a practical tool in the interactive language courses where the concentration is put on the signification of the language not the form. Drama is also a strong linguistic pedagogy that can foster and keeps learners’ motive by giving a context that is filled with hobby. Thus, it is related to emotions and attention and therefore boosts students’ involvement of language. The present paper investigates the impacts of utilizing drama on boosting dialogue aptitudes. Interactive skills were investigated in terms of precision and eloquence. In an attempt to comprehend the feasible impact of drama on average L2 students’ oral ability, two parts (the first one as a control group and the second as the experimental) were analysed. The teaching opportunities and methods were the same other than that the students in the experimental part were subject to drama. In this paper we utilized an interview. Data were analyzed by independent t-test. The outcomes achieved from pre and post exams illustrated that the fluency of activity was mainly influenced by drama; in other words, the application of drama resulted in a more eloquent language. So it can be stated that drama lets l2 students concentrate on form and boost the precision of L2. Thus, utalizing drama is to be construed as an influential methodological tool in EFL courses.