英文摘要 |
Language education recognizes listening, speaking, reading, and writing as fundamental elements of the language learning process. However, the skills of listening and speaking are often neglected during the teaching process. By organizing reader’s theater competitions related to school-based features and mid-semester showcases, students were encouraged to take their first steps in reading and performing plays, interpreting a play from script to performance. Through Quality Talk and small group teamwork, students gained a deeper understanding of the play. Post-performance discussions between performers and audience members allowed the exchange of ideas and positionality. It also connected personal experiences to themes such as gender and humanity. In post-performance short-essays homework, students reflected on their discoveries throughout the journey with written responses. This homework provided teachers a way to evaluate the extent of student understanding. The various aspects of the reader’s theater program enhanced effective collaboration in social-emotional learning, deepened the critical analysis of literature and thematic reading, strengthened courage and confidence in verbal expression and delivery, and finally, improved the teaching model by integrating elements of the teaching process. |