IMPROVING THE MOTIVATION OF 6TH GRADE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH IN RURAL AREAS: DRAMA TECHNIQUES
KIRSAL KESİMDE İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRENEN 6. SINIF ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MOTİVASYONLARINI İYİLEŞTİRME: DRAMA YÖNTEMİ DRAMA TECHNIQUES

Author : Türkay BULUT -- Manolya AKYÜZ
Number of pages : 47-58

Abstract

The purpose of this case study is to investigate whether using drama in the English language classes of young Turkish learners enhance motivation and create enjoyable, lively atmosphere. In Turkey, the curriculum of Ministry of Education of 2016-2017 outlines the themes, functions, skills, activity types for the 6th graders; however, they are not sufficient and cannot meet the students’ needs and demands properly. So teachers feel the necessity of practising different implementations related to themes in English subject in order to make the lessons more alive and to improve the students’ motivation, interest, and enthusiasm. This process-oriented research was implemented to 12 sixth grade students during the first term at Yağızlı Secondary School (in a rural area) in Ordu, Turkey. During the whole semester, the students first built stories related to the units’ topics and then dramatized them. The data were obtained from Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, Student Interviews, Classroom Observation and Student Diaries. The results have indicated that drama as an education method improved the motivation of sixth grade students in learning English.

Keywords

Motivation, young language learners, drama technique

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