《Motivation Drama—— Opening the Text in a Classroom.》.pdf

Sino—USEnglishTeaching，ISSN 1539—8072 September2014，Vo1．11，No．9，631-638 … N碍 M otivationDrama OpeningtheTextinaClassroom KatriKarasma UniversityofTurku，Turku，Finland Dramaisanimportantareainteachingofmothertongue．Itshouldbeasimportantaslanguageandliterature．The teacherneedsdramaasatoolofmotivationandasacommonexerciseforallpupils．Indevelopinganew method， interview drama，theauthorhasuseddesign-basedresearchtellingaboutthreesamples，wherethereisdocument aboutitsadvantages．Themethodhasbeendevelopedsince1996anduseditwithseveralgroups(adultstudent teachersandyoungpupils)．Asatexttheauthorhasusedfairytales，novels，HamletandKalevala．With Finnish2一sutdentswehavereadBibiMovesintoFinlandandwriterKariHotakainen’snovelIhmisenosa (The HumanFortune)．Thestudentshavewrittenpositivelyabouthteinterview rdamaintheirlearninglogs．Also assessmentsconcerninghtemethodhavebeenpositive．Itisafunnymethod．Itisnotpossibletofulfillwihtout laughter．Studentteachers(n90)evaluatedhtemethodwithLikenscale1-5．Themeanwas4，00．Theysaid：very nice；Ishalluseit；very useufl；phantastic；veryinteresting；deepenshtetextandmakesitverylively．Onlyafew wereastonished．isitpossibletousedramaintheuniversity． Keywords：enteringreading，drama，teachingscienceofmothertongue Introduction Teachersneeddramatostimulatepupils．Ittakesplaceintheclassroom．Itisnotscriptedorrehearsed Itfocuseson therdamaticprocessand incorporatesimprovisationalandteacher-in—rolestrategiestocreatenew dramaticcontextsinhteclassroom．Thedramaticworldsthatarisethroughimprovisedrdamaaredevelopedandsustained largelythroughtalkingandcarefullisteningandresponding．(Purves，Rogers，Soter，1995，P．105)