SCAFFOLDING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING and DRAMA THROUGH GAMES

This paper explores how games in general and language games in particular can be used in drama and English Language Teaching, to boost the linguistic proficiency, communicative ability and learning confidence in learners for second language acquisition. A list of activities has been suggested for use during English Language Teaching. For drama related games, one example activity each has been suggested for group making; community building; creating and sustaining focus and context building. It has been shown that carefully chosen and well planned language games, not just sustain the interest of the learners but facilitate a greater understanding of the lesson.