Developing Communicative Competence of the English Language Learners through Teaching Drama at Intermediate Level

  • Muhammad Yasin Lecturer, Govt. Graduate College BureWala, Pakistan
  • Noveen Javed Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • Tassawar Kamran Lecturer, Global College of Engineering and Technology, Muscat, Oman
Keywords: Communicative Competence, Dramatic Activities, EFL, ESL, Speaking Skill

Abstract

This study focuses on finding the impact of using drama in the EFL classroom to develop communicative competence among the learners. The population of the study is the students of Intermediate Part-II and the English teachers at Government Postgraduate College Bure Wala, Distt. Vehari. The sample of the study includes  8 teachers and 20 students of English language at the above mentioned  public college. The study is exploratory in design and the quantitative method of data collection has been used. The tool of data collection is questionnaire that comprises of close-ended questions. Two questionnaires have been developed. The first one is to find the general perception of the teachers and the students towards drama and the second one is to find point of view of the participants towards the use of drama for specific impact on Communicative Competence. The response of the teachers and the students have been taken on a Likert scale having a range of weightage between zero to 4.  The data has been analyzed by applying the statistical devices of mean and percentage (%). The study shows that both the teachers and the students of the EFL class are in favor of using drama to develop Communicative Competence.

Published
2021-10-23
How to Cite
Muhammad Yasin, Noveen Javed, & Tassawar Kamran. (2021). Developing Communicative Competence of the English Language Learners through Teaching Drama at Intermediate Level. Research Journal of Social Sciences and Economics Review, 2(3), 116-125. https://doi.org/10.36902/rjsser-vol2-iss3-2021(116-125)