运用课本剧提升小学高年段学生英语口语能力

The Application of Text-based Drama Students＇ Oral Performance in Promoting Primary School English Competence

本研究在阅读国内外戏剧教学的基础上，以王初明教授“学好语言的五个关键特征”和框架理论为指导，旨在通过教学中运用课本剧提升学生的英语口语能力。本文就运用课本剧提升小学高年段学生英语口语能力开展实验研究。研究以笔者的两个自然教学班为研究对象，分别为实验班和控制班，开展了为期12周的教学实验。研究工具包括前测、中测和后测。研究发现，在教学中运用课本剧，学生的口语能力，无论是准确性、流利度还是完整性都有显著提升。

Based on the study of relevant studies on drama in education at home and abroad, and guided by Wang Chuming＇s five key characteristics of learning English well and the frame theory, this study aims to explore whether frame-theory-based drama performance can improve primary school students＇ oral English competence, and a twelve weeks＇ teaching experiment has been conducted with the application of frame- theory-based drama performance in the experimental group with 44 students. Another class with 44 students at the same level of English accuracy, fluency and completeness is the control group. Instruments applied in this study are mainly pre-test, mid-test, post-test and interview. The comparison and analysis of data between the pre-test, mid-test and post-test from two groups show that the frame-theory-based drama performance is feasible for oral English teaching in primary schools.