Constructivist Design of College English Drama Competition and its Positive Effect

Liu Qi

《Frontiers in Science and Engineering》 1卷4期 (2021/07) Pp. 21-26

https://doi.org/10.29556/FSE.202107_1(4).0006

摘要

Students from independent colleges hope to learn English well, but because of their weak foundation, they find it more and more difficult to learn English and gradually lose interest in it. Drama performances in the second class can stimulate their interest in English learning and enhance their awareness of intercultural communication. From the constructivist perspective, this paper studies on college English drama competition in Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College, puts the contestants as the object, based on a series of extracurricular teaching activities such as controlling the sound, imitating British and American accent, appreciating and adapting the scripts as well as training the skills of stage performance and the like, to create excellent drama show, and tries to explore how to hold English drama competition can better cultivate students' intercultural communication ability, improve their oral English level, enhance their creativity and critical thinking ability.

關鍵字

English Drama Competition ； College English ； The Second Class ； Constructivist Theory

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