An Action-Research Model for the Teaching and Learning Languages Process

The main aim of this article is to present a new educational theoretical model based in the elaboration and put into practice of a new methodology developed in order to demonstrate the benefits of using fictional texts with educational purposes in the learning languages domain. The transformation from "The emperor's new clothes" fairy tale written by Andersen into a drama play elaborated by teachers and performed by foreign languages learners has been used as an example. This in four steps based model has been implemented for Primary School level as an example, but it could also be satisfactorily implemented in Early Childhood, Secondary and Adult Education levels with many interesting outcomes.