Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their

students, Solomon Ortiz (1968).

In order for Malaysia to move towards a knowledgeable-based economy and be a sustainable
developed country, the development of human capital should be a priority. It is important that
teachers play their role effectively in shaping this human capital especially in the teaching and
learning process. Therefore, it is essential that quality training should be given to beginner
teachers in preparing them for the important task. The coursework that given for the Plays and
drama for young learners subject is highlighted the uses of dramatization in teaching career.
Using drama to teach English results in real communication involving ideas, emotions, feelings
appropriateness and adaptability; in short an opportunity to use language in operation which is
absent in a conventional language class. Nowadays, the education system of our country
implement teaching drama in teaching careers because it helps the teachers to make the
student to speak fluently, build up self-confidence, learn how to express feelings in different
ways and gain experience in life. I am totally agreed with this statement because when
completed this coursework, I have gained many knowledge on the importance of implementing
children drama in ESL classroom.
According to Henry Ford (1863 -1947) Coming together is a beginning; keeping
together is progress; working together is success.First of all, we conduct our drama in group of
seven people. In my group, we have discussed a lot and share many new ideas to create a
good story for our drama. As mentioned in the quotes we all worked together to create a good
story. Each one of us in the group gives an idea to make the story more interesting. Finally, we
are decided to compile some famous Disney fairy tales as our story. We have changes some of
the parts to make the story more interesting. The process of writing story, giving form or shape
to the individual and personal ideas and feelings we are naturally experiencing. Finally we come
up with a beautiful and romantic story. Each and every stage such as rising action, falling action,
climax , ending and all the parts of the story impressed us very much. Even we found some
difficulties on adopting and adapting some of the Disney movies on our scripts but at the end of
one week hard works, we manage to come out with a good script.
Secondly, I also have learned that we should know what character that we can do our
best. In our drama, there are three princesses, one prince, an Olaf and also one beast. In
between we have some minor characters such as teapot, cup and plates. When decide the
character some of my friends have choose the princess characters and finally I need to be act

as an beast. One of my group members had mentioned that because I am tall so that I can act
well in the scenes but when I have done my practices I found that it was not true. Being a
character is an important element in an acting career. But in my situation, I dislike to become
beast and it lead me to cannot perform well during my practices. According to Rober H.Schuller
(1926 -2015), never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise,
you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution. I decided to become the beast
because to avoid the problems in my group but when we make decision we also need to think
about ourselves and others too. So I finally decided to love my character and done my best
during the dramatization.
Apart from that, from the dramatization, I also have learned to make props for
childrens drama. I also learned to make settings for the drama and the costumes too. For the
beast character, I have made the beard and the long hair and it give me a brand new
experience. My group members teach me how to make the props cheap and at the same time
good and colorful. We have spent many times to complete the materials for our dramatization.
According to Charging Minds.org (2016), in a play on a stage, props can be used to enliven and
give some physical substance to the play. I am totally agreed with the sayings because from the
dramatization I have learned that for a good drama we need to work hard for the props and
settings to create a real scenario of the dramatization. From the dramatization I also have
learned how to works together. Working together as a group promotes, encourages and
motivates cooperation. It is essential that each of our students feels accepted and works well
with others, in order to create and build a safe environment for all to learn. As a teacher, we
should work together with our pupils develop social awareness through the dramatization. .
In my point of view, I would say that, drama can be used as a teaching and learning
tool to help students make meaning of a number of skills they need to be a well rounded
individual. It further allows them to experience and explore the world around them through
different characters and roles, further building on their relationship with others and things. These
all experience could help me in my future career as a teacher. In my future ESL classroom, I
would teach my pupils to create a good story in the form script. I could teach them how to
choose the story and the real format of writing script. The knowledge that I gained from this
course can be applicable in my future career. Apart from that, I also could teach my pupils about
the stage. I will teach the positions in the stages which could help them in their drama practice.
In our dramatization we made mistakes in our standing position in the stage and that experience
will guide us when we teach the future generation. Moreover, I also would teach my pupils on

how to make props with cheap and using the recycle things around us. I also will teach them on
how to choose the right costume and also how to choose the right character for ourselves. It will
help to create the self confidence of the pupils and also the pupils may play their role well. As a
future teacher, I also would teach my pupils to express their emotions and do the right
expression during the dramatization. Under different characters, students can express their true
feelings or sense of personality without fear of being judged or criticized. Essentially, what this
does is allow students to get things off their mind, further releasing emotion and tension and
allowing students to be who they are. As their teacher, I will focus on their acting ability with their
personal characteristics to create good actors on the stage.
During the dramatization, I also have learned that drama fully included with the Multiple
Intelligences of the pupils as proposed by the Howard Gardner. The common three elements
under Multiple Intelligences which are bodily kinesthetic, visual and linguistics are being applied
in this dramatization. So as a teacher we should focus on these skills when teaching drama to
our kids. . Behaviorism is more concerned with behavior than with thinking, feeling, or knowing.
It focuses on the objective and observable components of behavior. Behaviour is shaped
through the positive and negative reinforcement. When the pupils gain more marks they will try
to give more answers and it helps the teacher to make the pupils bravely give their ideas. At the
same time, when they make mistakes and distract other groups the teacher will deduct the mark
as a punishment for their behavior. Here the teacher may control the drama well. Apart from
that, I also found that , dramatization could help to improve pupils cognitive thinking skills. The
pupils may learn will learn on how to make quick actions in difficult situations. For an example,
when the pupils has been choose to act, they need to think quickly on how to put their ideas in
the form of dialogues.
As a future teacher, I will take all the steps to apply the elements of drama to
educate the future generation who can be the good actors of the world tomorrow. In conclusion ,
I learned that teaching is an art because we need to be painter who colored the blank gives
color on the white sheet and as a teacher we paint the color called knowledge in the small kids
mind. According to Brad Henry (1963-till now) , A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the
imagination, and instill a love of learning. I hope I will become a good teacher in future.