CREATIVE DRAMA IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Abstract

There has been a growing interest around the world in using creative drama to deliver English to non-native learners. This systematic literature review aims to 1) identify studies that assess the influence of creative drama techniques as a medium to deliver English to learners, 2) describe challenges to English teaching and learning processes in the classroom, 3) summarize the motivations to use educational creative drama in English classes, Methods: Thirty-five studies were eligible for inclusion after searching papers in the Web of Science, Science Direct and EBSCO databases published between 2009 and 2019. Findings suggest that English learning and teaching processes have three levels of obstacles: language acquisition, language skills and language teaching. The motivations to use creative drama to teach English in the classroom are illustrarted related to learners, learning skills and teachers