Learning English through Drama
Bibliography: Useful Sources
for Learning and Teaching English through Drama
Books on EFL Drama Classroom
Bernardi, P. (1992). Improvisation Starters. (Cincinnati: Betterway Books)
Burke, A.F. & O’Sullivan, J. C. (2002). Stage by Stage: A Handbook for Using Drama in the
Second Language Classroom. (Portsmouth: Heinemann)
Cassady, M. (1993). Acting Games: Improvisations and Exercises. (Colorado Springs:
Meriwether Publishing)
Dougill, J. (1987). Drama Activities for Language Learning. (London: Macmillan)
Heinig, R. (1988). Drama for the Classroom Teacher. 3rd ed. (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall)
Levy, G. (2005). 112 Acting Games. (Colorado Springs: Meriwether)
Maley, A., & Duff, A. (2005). Drama Techniques: A Resource Book of Communication Activities for
Language Teachers. (Cambridge: CUP)
McCaslin, N. (1996). Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond. 6th ed. (White Plains: Longman)
Spolin, V. (1986).Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook . (Evanston:
Northwestern University Press)
Wessels, C. (1987). Drama. (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
Websites
Using Drama in the Language Classroom
“Add Drama to an EFL Class”
http://www.eslbase.com/articles/drama.asp
“ChildDrama.com”
http://www.childdrama.com/mainframe.html
“Drama Techniques for Teaching English”
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Chauhan-Drama.html
“Listening to Body Language”
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/listening-body-language
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“Overcoming the Fear of Using Drama in English Language Teaching”
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Royka-Drama.html
“Vocabulary Teaching Using Student-Written Dialogues”
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Walker-StudentDialogs.html
“Web English Teacher: Theater Resources”
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/dramagen.html
Lesson Plans
“Drama in Education: Materials”
http://www.kentaylor.co.uk/die/materials/lesson.html
“Film Festival: An ESL Lesson Plan to Get Students Talking about Movies”
http://bogglesworldesl.com/lessons/MovieLesson.htm
“Lesson Plans”
http://www.geocities.com/Shalyndria13/plans.htm
Warm-ups and Other Drama Games
“Improv Games”
http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/index.html
“learnimprov.com”
http://www.learnimprov.com/index.php
“Warm-ups”
http://www.geocities.com/Shalyndria13/warmups.htm
Drama Vocabulary
“ESL Test – Expressing Emotions”
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ee011/esl-test.php
“Movie Review Query Engine”
http://www.mrqe.com/
“Online English Vocabulary Exercise – Emotions and Feelings 1”
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/lefg1_vocabulary6.html
“Online English Vocabulary Exercise – Emotions and Feelings 2”
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/lefg1_vocabulary7.html
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“Online English Vocabulary Exercise – Emotions and Feelings 3”
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/lefg1_vocabulary44.html
“Vocabulary Exercises – Art and Entertainment”
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/vocabulary/Vocabulary-art_and_entertainment.asp
Pronunciation, Stress and Intonation
“American Rhetoric – Movie Speeches”
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/moviespeeches.htm
“howjsay.com – an English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound”
http://www.howjsay.com/
“Minimal Pair Practice & Quizzes”
http://www.manythings.org/pp/
“Pronunciation – Oxford University Press”
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upper/z_pronunciation/
“Sentence Stress in English”
http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/sentence-stress.htm
“Sounds of English – Tips for Teachers”
http://www.soundsofenglish.org/tips.htm#drama
“The Speech Accent Archive”
http://accent.gmu.edu/
Reader’s Theatre
“Aaron Shepard’s RT Page – Scripts and Tips for Reader’s Theater”
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
“Gander Academy Readers Theatre”
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
“Teaching and Learning: The Power of Reader’s Theater”
http://www.readers.org/readerstheater.htm
“Web English Teacher – Reader’s Theater”
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rt.html
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Scripts and Clips
“American Rhetoric – Movie Speeches”
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/moviespeeches.htm
“Drew’s Script-o-Rama”
http://www.script-o-rama.com/snazzy/dircut.html
“Horton’s Stage Page”
http://www.stagepage.info/index.html
“storiestogrowby.com”
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/script.html
Other Books on Acting/Directing
Ball, W. (1984). A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing . (Hollywood: Drama
Publishers)
Benedetti, R. (2006). The Actor in You. 3rd ed. (Boston: Pearson Education)
Bruder, M. (1986). A Practical Handbook for the Actor. (New York, Vintage Books)
Chubbuck, I. (2004). The Power of the Actor. (New York: Gotham Books)
Guskin, H. (2003). How to Stop Acting. (London: Faber and Faber)
Hagen, U. (1991). A Challenge for the Actor. (New York: Scribner)
Hauser, F. & Reich, R. (2003). Notes on Directing. (New York: RCR Creative Press)
Jory, J. (2000). Tips: Ideas for Actors. (Lyme, NH: Smith & Krause)
Ibid. (2002). Tips: Ideas for Directors. (Lyme, NH: Smith & Krause)
Ibid. (2004). Tips II: More Ideas for Actors. (Lyme, NH: Smith & Krause)
Meisner, S. & Longwell, D. (1987). Sanford Meisner on Acting. (New York: Vintage Books)
Moss, L. (2005). The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor . (New York: Bantam)
Nicola, J. P. (2002). Playing the Audience: The Practical Actor’s Guide to Live Performance. (New
York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Shapiro, M. (1998). The Director’s Companion. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Ibid. (2006). An Actor Performs. 2nd ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Shurtleff, M. (1978). Audition. (New York: Bantam)
Silverberg, L. (1994). The Sanford Meisner Approach: An Actor’s Workbook . (Lyme, NH: Smith &
Krause)
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Ibid. (1997). The Sanford Meisner Approach: Workbook Two – Emotional Freedom.
(Lyme, NH: Smith & Krause)
Ibid. (1998). The Sanford Meisner Approach: Workbook Three – Tackling the Text. (Lyme, NH: Smith
& Krause)
Ibid. (2000). The Sanford Meisner Approach: Workbook IV – Playing the Part.
(Lyme, NH: Smith & Krause)
Spolin, V. (1985). Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director’s Handbook. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern
University Press)
Ibid. (2001). Theater Games for the Lone Actor: A Handbook. (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University
Press)
Waxberg, C. (1998). The Actor’s Script: Script Analysis for Performers. (Portsmouth: Heinemann
Books)
Witcover, W. (2004). Living on Stage – Acting from the Inside Out. (New York: Back Stage Books)
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