EFFECT OF DRAMA ON ENHANCING VOCABULARY LEARNING IN ENGLISH FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN YEMEN

Abstract:
The present study entitled effect of drama on enhancing vocabulary learning in English for secondary school students in Yemen is an attempt to find out the impact of drama as a tool of teaching on improving vocabulary learning for students of secondary schools in Yemen. The participants of this study were 76 male students of 10thgrade from secondary school in Taiz City; Yemen included rural and urban students with high and low socio-economic levels. The sample was selected randomly and divided into two groups, experimental and control groups. The researcher selected some vocabulary lessons from the English course syllabus of 10th grade. The experimental group students were taught through the drama method, whereas the control group students were taught by the traditional method. Pre and Post-tests were administered to explore the impact of drama on vocabulary. The researcher used the statistical techniques, namely descriptive statistics to analyze the collected data and describe the research participants and their level in vocabulary in English. This study took 21 working days with forty-five minutes a day for each group in the academic year 2018-2019. The results of the study indicated that drama has a significant effect on improving and developing vocabulary in English.

Keywords:drama, effect, enhance, secondary school, syllabus, vocabulary

https://doi.org/10.37948/ensemble-2020-0201-a004