The Application of Creative Drama in Primary Oral English Teaching: A Case Study of a Mainland Chinese Primary School

Creative drama is a kind of art education, which is very important in western countries, such as those in Europe, America, Australia, and so on. Creative drama is, on the basis of listening and speaking teaching, through play, to help students acquire the competence of English in terms of knowledge, skills, and comprehending ability. Although in foreign countries, creative drama has been widely applied in the classroom teaching practice of primary and secondary schools, there are few researches on creative drama teaching. In China, creative drama is still in the exploratory stage. This study carried out experimental teaching in Guilin Zhuoran Primary School. The author tries to explore the role and effect of creative drama teaching method when applied to the primary school English classroom, hoping to draw some implications about how to stimulate students’ interest in learning English and how to improve students’ oral English ability.