Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a n...Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a new method, interview drama, the author has used design-based research telling about three samples, where there is document about its advantages. The method has been developed since 1996 and used it with several groups （adult student teachers and young pupils）. As a text the author has used fairy tales, novels, Hamlet and Kalevala. With Finnish2-students we have read Bibi Moves into Finland and writer Kari Hotakainen＇s novel Ihmisen osa （The Human Fortune）. The students have written positively about the interview drama in their learning logs. Also assessments concerning the method have been positive. It is a funny method. It is not possible to fulfill without laughter. Student teachers （n 90） evaluated the method with Likert scale 1-5. The mean was 4,00. They said： very nice; I shall use it; very useful; phantastic; very interesting; deepens the text and makes it very lively. Only a few were astonished, is it possible to use drama in the university.展开更多
文摘Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a new method, interview drama, the author has used design-based research telling about three samples, where there is document about its advantages. The method has been developed since 1996 and used it with several groups （adult student teachers and young pupils）. As a text the author has used fairy tales, novels, Hamlet and Kalevala. With Finnish2-students we have read Bibi Moves into Finland and writer Kari Hotakainen＇s novel Ihmisen osa （The Human Fortune）. The students have written positively about the interview drama in their learning logs. Also assessments concerning the method have been positive. It is a funny method. It is not possible to fulfill without laughter. Student teachers （n 90） evaluated the method with Likert scale 1-5. The mean was 4,00. They said： very nice; I shall use it; very useful; phantastic; very interesting; deepens the text and makes it very lively. Only a few were astonished, is it possible to use drama in the university.
