The use of drama to enhance students' ability in constructing ideas in writing = Li yong xi ju jiao xue ti sheng xue sheng de xie zuo gou si neng li

Abstract

寫作對於學生來說往往是一件苦差，尤其當學生没有寫作構思或意念的時候，寫作內容就變成平凡俗套、枯燥無味的文章，學生覺得辛苦之餘，文章又未能取得理想的分數，究竟如何能幫助學生提升其寫作構思能力呢？在不同的教學法中，戲劇習式的演出與寫作構思有共通之處，兩者均強調思考、情感及想像力。而是次的研究會採用論壇劇場。論壇劇場着重演員與觀眾之間的交流，當觀眾對演員的演出給予評語的時候，所有學生能一同建構更合乎情理的情節。 本研究是行動研究，旨在探討戲劇教學介入寫作課堂後能否提升學生的寫作構思能力。於研究中，共有十五位中三級第二組別的學生參與實驗教學。學生會進行前測、後測及於兩次的教學循環裏進行戲劇演出及參與評價及建議過程。在後測後，參與學生會參與問卷調查，個別學生亦會被邀進行訪談。 根據研究結果顯示，論壇劇場能提升學生的寫作構思能力，不同能力組別的學生於觸物起興文章裏均有進步。於問卷及訪談裏，學生更表示喜歡論壇劇場介入寫作課堂來幫助他們構思寫作內容，認為這能提升他們寫作的信心。

Students always find that writing is a hard work. Especially when they do not have any ideas. Then their writing content will turn into boring essays. It is difficult for them to finish a writing and get high marks. How to enhance students’ ability in constructing ideas in writing? From different teaching methods, there are similarities between dramatic conventions and writing, both of them emphasize thinking, emotion and imagination. In this study, forum theatre is chosen. It is because it emphasizes the interactions between the actors and the audience. Through the comments given by the audience, all the students can help to construct more fruitful writing contents. This study is an action research. It aims to investigate if the integration of forum theatre and writing lessons can enhance students’ ability in constructing ideas in writing. 15 students from a band 2 local school participated in this research. The research examined students’ pre-tests, post-tests and their drama performance like acting and evaluation processes. After post-test, all the students were required to fill in the questionnaire and some of the students were invited to have interview. The research findings show that the dramatic conventions can help enhancing students’ ability in constructing ideas in writing. Most of the students have significant improvement after the research. Through interviews and questionnaires, students expressed that they enjoyed forum-theatre lessons. They thought that this could help them to have more fruitful ideas