Role Play in the Norwegian EFL Classroom: Adapting a Reacting to the Past Game to the Norwegian 10th Grade Classroom in Accordance with the Subject Renewal 2020

This thesis is a study of the American immersion pedagogy Reacting to the Past (RTTP) and how this pedagogy can be used in the Norwegian EFL classroom in lower secondary school. RTTP is a series of role playing games developed for American colleges and universities. Our thesis is split into three research questions, examining how to adapt a game for use in lower secondary school. Together with two other MA students, we adapted the game Ending the Troubles : Religion, Nationalism, and the Search for Peace and Democracy in Northern Ireland, 1997- 98, in accordance with the subject curricula, LK20. We played the game in a 10th grade class over two weeks in January 2022. In RTTP, the pupils run…