Students’ Speaking Accuracy and American Drama

Using of the modern American dramas (The Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller) in ELT classes can lead to students’ active participation in speaking and this can improve their accuracy of speaking. This study was designed in the form of pre-experimental research and data of this research have been gathered from 25 students of English language and literature of Payam Noor University of Jieroft Branch, I.R.Iran. There are some aspects of speaking accuracy for this research. They are vocabulary and expression, structures, speaking smoothly, developing interactions and intonation. This article tries to draw attention to the case of drama in the speaking accuracy context as an inventive process and a challenge for creative thought. Drama as a teaching technique that increase not only students linguistic and emotional progress but also a as a challenge for innovative thought and a means that contributes to what Fontana (1997) called education for being . Drama and language games can be used as a natural introduction to dramatic activities proper and as preparation for role-play, improvisation, and other drama experiences. One-act and shorter plays would also present a rich source of vocabulary and expressions, and on account of their length and tendency to concentrate on one theme, setting, or idea, they could quite easily be used with less advanced students. The aim of the study is to find out the effect of using of the American Modern Drama (The Death of Salesman by Arthur Miller) on the students’ speaking accuracy and to know the methods used by those students while using of the modern American drama. The data were the speaking transcripts which were analyzed to see the progress after four-time treatment was given. The result shows that the speaking accuracy of the students promoted in some areas as shown by the perfection on their vocabulary and comprehensibility.

Keywords:

TEFL , Speaking , Accuracy , Modern American Drama