The value of theatre as a teaching method in tertiary education: the activities of the Students’ Drama Club at the University of Oradea

• Authors: Székely Éva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Author describes the main goals of the of the Students' Drama Club of the University of Oradea. The Club was founded in 2012 in Department of English Language and Literature of the Faculty of Letters. It is an amateur theatre group that performs plays in the English language. Students are involved in all the stages of the production of the play. Drama Club attention is paid to the acquiring of correct pronunciation and enunciation, to the understanding of new vocabulary and text comprehension. Besides the honing of the students skills with the English language, the aims of the Students' Drama Club is also to teach literature, oratory and teamwork, and to teach assertive communication and self-confidence. The activity of Drama Club is also a useful way to establish a relationship between the university and the surrounding community.

Keywords

EN

Drama Club at the University of Oradea; theatre in education; language skills; foreign language learning

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de Cultura
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 11(2) "Teatr w edukacji, terapii i profilaktyce"
• Pages: 91-99

Contributors

author

Székely Éva

• Universitatea din Oradea

References

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Identifiers

DOI

DOI 10.24917/20837275.11.2.7