| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 英語教學系 === 105 === This study investigates the collaborative strategies used by learners in a remedial program of an elementary school in Taipei, Taiwan, during the Readers Theater (RT) practice, rehearsal, and final performance. RT’s contribution to the promotion of English proficiency and students’ perspective of RT are also explored.
The qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Seven sixth-graders participated in this program, for the sessions conducted in the morning time, twice a week, for 14 weeks. The course conducted included instruction of Readers Theater for ELT: Gua Gua English, group discussion, and group practice. Class observations and in-depth interviews were the main data collected and analyzed.
The findings present that most of students were in favor of RT instruction and its practice, which includes enhancement of collaboration skills and interpersonal relationship, improvement of oral and reading proficiency in English. In addition, from the in-depth interview, some students considered that RT could be applied in the regular English classes in the future if possible. Based on the research findings, some pedagogical suggestions are stated for teachers who might want to conduct the RT in the future.
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