Research of Teaching Chinese Writing with Readers Theatre for Sixth-Grade Students in Elementary School

• Main Authors: Wan-ning Ho, 何婉寧
• Other Authors: Wan-Jung Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10718022889157299736

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 戲劇創作與應用學系碩士班 === 96 === This study is to explore the feasibility of integrating Readers Theatre( RT) with action research method into elementary school high grader students’ writing teaching in Chinese language, in the aim to arouse and stimulate students’ learning interest and improve their writing ability. This research adopt action research methodology, take researcher’s own 27 sixth graders students as research subject, through the observation of each recorded teaching process, as well as researcher’s teaching diary, and interviews of students after each teaching, their feedback sheets, and collected document to analyze and to examine the problem and hindrance meet with RT integration in Chinese language teaching and the solution strategy, in the meantime, to explore how students’ response toward this teaching method. The findings and conclusion of this study are as follows: Readers Theatre (RT) integration into elementary school high grader students’ writing teaching in Chinese language First, the teaching process aspect: 1) The selection of material should be based on students’ needs 2) RT and teaching process must be even Second, problem solving aspect: 1) Finished time among different groups was different, therefore teacher should apply curriculum of RT elastically 2) Within the limited time, teachers should employ the Reader Theater procedures. 3) Within so many writing indicators, teachers should adjust the writing level according to students'' ability. Third, on students response aspect: 1) The group script discussion and rehearsal then officially present the performance are students’ favorite parts among RT steps. 2) 90% of students agreed that RT is helpful for improving their writing ability. 3) Students held positive attitude toward this method during interview. Finally, according to the findings, this study has proposed suggestions for teachers and further study respectively.