SOCIODRAMA AS A METHOD TO FOSTER STUDENTS’ AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION

Abstract

ABSTRACT
English Drama Festival is conducted annually by the students of English
Education,PurworejoMuhammadiyah University.Drama Festival conducted as an alternative
method to foster student’smotivation to express their ideas, feeling, thinking, and their talents
using English as a mean of communication. English Drama Festival is an effective, attractive,
communicative method. It is a reflective method because students are lovely playing as an
actress depends on their roles on the stage. Language skills are naturally developed when
students were playing English Drama. The language skill particularly developed is speaking
skill. Students use English as a mean of communication; even they read the script of drama
firstly before they are plying on the stage. Students practice reading skill when they were reading
a script of drama. Listening skill naturally developed when students were making conversation
on the stage. The language components such as: vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and
pronunciation, also developed unconsciously by students. Based on the facts, the writer argues
sociodrama can be used as an effective method to foster student’s authentic communication.
Key words: Sociodrama, an Effective Method, Authentic Communication