Analysis of Staging Drama by the Higher Secondary SchoolLearners of English

Abstract

Staging a drama includes “mime, role-playing, improvisation, and simulation in forms of dialogues, and dramatized story-telling.” Drama can effectively be utilized in a language classroom. For the present study, higher secondary level learners from a private college in Karachi, Pakistan were selected to stage “Romeo and Juliet” to draw learners’ attention to Shakespeare and familiarize them with some elements of style, language, and characters. The observation method was used for data collection, analyzing the learners’ grammatical structures and lexical elements by engaging them in real conversations. The paper concludes that the activity was of special interest to the learners and it positively impacted language learning.