[eng] In the EFL context, there are many methodologies that teachers use in order to
foster students’ oral abilities. However, in Spain the oral skills are very often
neglected in the EFL class, which prevents students acquiring valuable
communicative competences that are essential in the global era. The introduction
of activities related to and coming from the field of drama can be a good strategy
to enhance student’s oral skills. This paper aims to contribute to the EFL field
with an empirical, qualitative and quantitative study. The main purpose of this
research is to analyse if different drama techniques applied to the English subject
in a high school are positive to improve students speaking skills. The participants
of the study were four different groups from three different levels: first of
Secondary Education, fourth of Secondary Education, and second of PostObligatory Secondary Education. Two different questionnaires have been done
in order to collect information and analyse the results. The results obtained from
the questionnaires were manually analysed and compared between each level.
Even though this paper represents a very small analysis, from the results, one
can say that drama techniques can be a very useful tool for EFL teachers when
working on speaking skills.