The Effects of Creative Drama with Fairy Tales on Oral Expression and Vocabulary

• Main Authors: CIAN-GUEI HUANG, 黃千桂
• Other Authors: Pei-Yu Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95328873159464534411

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 101 === This study was to understand the effects on kindergarteners’ oral expression and vocabulary ability by using the creative drama into which fairy tales are integrated. We applied a quaxi-experimental design. Sixty mixed-age children out of a public kindergarten in Taichung city participated in this study. These children were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Every fairy tale was told twice first. For every fairy tale, experimental group had been exposed to five times of creative dramas activities, in the mean while; control group conducted general activities. Twenty creative drama intervention were conducted in the experimental group. “Children Oral Expression Test” and “Children Mandarin understanding and Vocabulary Expression Test” were two measurement tools in this study. Pre-tested were conducted individually before experiment, and so as post-tested. Finally, we applied independent sample t-test and single factor analysis of covariance as statistical tools to analyze data. The results showed no significant difference in pre-test between experimental and control groups. After experiment significant differences were found in “Children Oral Expression Test” and “Children Mandarin understanding and Vocabulary Expression Test”. Efficacy of story drama intervention were supported in this study. The researcher drew conclusions provided teaching suggestions for kindergarten teachers and future researchers.