Educational Plays for Learners of English

The demand for cross-curricular connections and the teaching of content in L2 from very early ages at schools makes us think of integrating texts and tasks that engage learners as they integrate their learning. Theater may be an interesting option. Drama has been used in foreign language classes in many ways such as for building rapport among learners or to teach a language function or to present a discrete grammatical or lexical item. This paper will center on a more sophisticated notion of drama which are Educational Plays. These constitute elaborate products meant to reinforce the learning of other subject areas, touching upon culture, literature and of the English language.