Effectiveness of English drama activity to enhance speaking skills and motivation among private college diploma students / Zulaikha Zulkifli

• Main Author: Zulaikha , Zulkifli
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education; PE English
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15069/2/Zulaikha.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15069/1/Zulaikha_Zulkifli.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15069/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This study reports on the effectiveness of using drama activity in ESL classroom to improve students’ speaking skills and motivation. This study addresses two major questions. The first evaluates the impact of drama activity on students’ intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The second question analyses the impact of drama activity on the development of students’ speaking skills. A quasi-experiment was carried out on a total number of ten private college diploma students. They were put into pairs and different topics were given to the learners to be discussed in pairs. A descriptive statistical analysis was used which takes into account both independent and dependent variables. The study also involved a short survey. The results related to the language features show that the participants enjoyed the classroom ambience created through the activity. Above all, the respondents showed little concern about the subject mark or exams, being more concentrated on learning through doing. The overall results displayed an enhancement of students’ speaking skills, in particular fluency and grammar; as well as established relevant improvement on their motivation. The findings therefore have particular implications by overcoming the conventional lesson structure and producing real life situations into the classroom.