Reacting to the Past in an EFL-classroom : How does RTTP promote oral communication and development of critical thinking in a Norwegian EFL-classroom?

2019

Master's thesis English EN501 - University of Agder 2019 This thesis investigates how RTTP(Reacting to the Past)promotes the development of oral communication and critical thinking in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) -classroom.RTTP is an activerole-play methodwhich is widely used in the USA.To gather datafor this studyI collaborated with another MAstudent writing about RTTP. We conducteda RTTP game, “the Struggle for Civil Rights”inthree classes atlower and upper secondary school. I have used both qualitative and quantitative methodsto investigate statistical and empirical data in combination withthehuman perspective. The students answered surveys, and the teachers were interviewed.I…