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Theatre as a Communicative Strategy for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Primary Education Undergraduates: A Pedagogical Experience

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espanolComo profesores de lenguas estamos constantemente tratando de establecer un ambiente apropiado para que las cuatro destrezas se desarrollen plenamente a traves de actividades o ejercicios que implican un estimulo, ya que un idioma extranjero se aprende mas facilmente cuando los elementos utilizados para ensenar son mas atractivos. El teatro puede desempenar este papel, ya que es un genero educativo que se ha explorado para la ensenanza de lenguas desde el desarrollo del Enfoque Comunicativo. El proposito de este articulo, por tanto, es en primer lugar, examinar la efectividad del teatro en general con referencia a los numerosos argumentos a favor de la utilizacion de esta herramienta didactica en el aula. En segundo lugar, resaltar los beneficios y desafios de utilizar tecnicas de teatro para ensenar una lengua extranjera a nivel universitario presentando la implementacion de ocho obras de teatro basadas en cuentos populares en el aula a traves de una serie de actividades practicas utilizando la metodologia del aprendizaje por tareas. EnglishAs language teachers we are constantly trying to establish a suitable atmosphere in which communication skills can be fully developed through activities or exercises which involve a stimulus, as a language is learnt more easily when the elements used to teach are more appealing. Theatre can perform this role as it is an educational tool that has been explored for the instructions of languages since the emergence of the Communicative Approach. The purpose of this article is twofold: firstly, to examine the effectiveness of theatre in general with reference to the numerous arguments in favour of using this didactic tool in the classroom. Secondly, to draw attention to the benefits and challenges of using theatre to teach a foreign language at university level by presenting the performance of eight plays based on popular tales in the classroom through a series of practical activities using the task-based learning methodology.