English teachers always try to find a way to improve the class and attract the students to the subject which they are studying. Drama is regarded as an effective teaching strategy that will help the teacher to engage the student to the lessons and benefit them in various ways, such as helping them learn to communicate their thoughts and look at things from a different perspectives, and to how to cooperate and combine their ideas with others.
In the classroom, drama can bring literature to life. It can do so because it is more vibrant than just reading the text from a page and it has an aspect of recreation and, fun. This help the students learn the piece of literature faster and in a positive environment by enjoying themselves. Also, it eases the student and help them overcome the shyness that may interfere in their studies.
Drama can also be used as a way to teach through role-playing. Role-playing teaches students cooperation, decision making and how to exchange ideas in a group .thus, they learn from each other. Also, it builds confidence and self-esteem, refines presentation skills, and encourages self-acceptance, acceptance of others and many other thing useful in daily life. Another use of role-playing to teach the student about how to improvise so they can blend in with strangers and help them overcome instantaneous changes to their environment.
Another use of drama can be perceived throughout the drama games. These games helps the student to grow their imagination and creative thinking by minimize self-consciousness that burden the student’s school life, developing concentration and trust in the classroom, developing skills of coordination, imitation while focusing on the task at hand.
In conclusion, drama is beneficial to the English course because it teaches self-confidence, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and cooperation through working with other student, acting, and playing drama games. So, it will end up teaching the student