Teaching English Language through Dramatization of the Scenes from Indian Movies

With the advancements in the field of English language teaching, emphasis is being laid upon the use of innovative methods and techniques for teaching English in our country. Use of drama technique for teaching English language is also a different type of approach which makes the learning interesting. Dramatization of any imaginary situation, related to our day to day life or any scene from the plays written by various authors can be used as effective means of teaching English language. An another mode which can be used, is the dramatization of the scenes from Indian movies using English language. Teaching a language becomes easy if we can co-relate it with our life using a medium which is attractive as well as entertaining. College students usually enjoy watching movies and many times try to copy their favorite scenes. This inclination of students can be used for teaching English language. Practically, this technique is used to teach English language to a class of sixty-nine students of diploma engineering in Madhya Pradesh which resulted in a mixed outcome from the view point of improvement of their basic language skills. This paper contains an introduction (which includes some basics of drama and use of drama technique for English language teaching), a brief review of the relevant studies, the strategy for teaching English through recreation of the scenes from Indian movies along with the aspects which should be taken care while adopting this technique, actual application of this technique over a group of technical students, the benefits of this technique and its limitations.