Role-playing in Norwegian EFL classrooms : The pedagogy behind Reacting to the Past meeting the “silent classroom”

2019

Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis is a study of the use of the pedagogy behind Reacting to the Past (RTTP) in Norwegian EFLclassrooms. Thethesisstatement is, “RTTP can transform Norwegian EFL classrooms from silence to engagement.”The researchexamineshow this method can help students develop oral competence, and how it creates a safe, interactive learning environment.The pedagogyis relatively new in Norway but has been around for abouttwentyyears in the United States, where in recent years it has been used throughout the country. RTTP iselaborate games, where students are assigned rolesfor a central historical point in time. In RTTP the studentsrun the cla…