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A recent query on the TESL listserv regarding the use of drama to teach English to speakers of other languages received the following replies.

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While at the local library, I found "Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People".

Their mailing address is:
P. O Box 600160
Newton, MA 02460-002
1-800-630-5755

The magazine has a variety of plays and lists material by levels, going from the lower to advanced levels.

I have some info about using plays in the EFL classroom on my website, if you're interested.

Alice Dana Walker
http://ad.walker.org

Walker, A.D. Re: ESL drama - one act ESOL play? Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (28 April 2005).

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Below is a list of resources I have used for my six week drama project at an intensive English program (in order by favorites at the top).

Hewitt, L. B., & Bernal, P. (1995). The cowboy and the wildcat. From Spotlight: Plays for the ESOL Classroom. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Maley, A. & Duff, A. (1985). Drama techniques in language learning: A resource book of communication activities for language teachers (new edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wessels, C. (1987). Drama. From Resource Books for Teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Taylor, E. K. (2000). Using folktales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kao, S. & O'Neill, C. (1998). Words into worlds. Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation.

McRae, J. (1985). Using drama in the classroom. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Grout, B. (1983). Talking behind masks: Soci-dramas for the ESL classroom. Hayward, CA: Alemany Press.

Bond, J. Re: ESL drama - one act ESOL play? Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (29 April 2005).
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