introduction

This article introduces the application of drama teaching method in education, emphasizes the importance attached by Tsinghua University to foreign language teaching, the evolution of foreign language teaching requirements from the 1960s to the 21st century, and the English teaching objectives proposed by Tsinghua Affiliated High School to meet the talent needs of the new era. At the same time, the practice of using educational drama in English teaching at Tsinghua Affiliated High School was described, including textbook writing and extracurricular activity planning, and more than 30 years of experience and insights were shared.

Practice Review

Reviewed the exploration and practice of English education drama in Tsinghua Affiliated High School over the past 30 years. In the early 1990s, schools regarded educational drama as a form of extracurricular activity to enhance students' interest in learning and English communication skills. With the deepening of teaching practice, teachers gradually realize the important role of drama activities in cultivating students' imagination, creativity, aesthetic ability, language expression ability, and teamwork ability. The school has begun to closely plan English extracurricular activities, including reading aloud, calligraphy, word competitions, poster design, speeches, short play performances, etc. Among them, short play performances are the main form of activity for the second year of high school.

Experience and insights

In depth exploration of the practice and experience of educational drama in English teaching at Tsinghua Affiliated High School. Firstly, the application methods of educational drama in the classroom were introduced, including role-playing reading and group performance. Secondly, the principles of writing educational dramas were elaborated, such as based on unit themes, connecting with students' actual situations, and combining with the learned content. Subsequently, precautions for implementing educational drama were proposed, emphasizing teachers' classroom control ability, space utilization, students' knowledge application, and diverse evaluation. In addition, the comprehensive educational functions of educational drama, such as emotional education and cultivating students' courage, were shared. Finally, the development process of English education drama at Tsinghua Affiliated High School over the past 30 years was reviewed, emphasizing the importance of persistence and innovation, as well as the achievements of promoting the concept to more schools and organizations.

The way out and broad prospects of educational drama

The importance of educational drama in enhancing students' interest in learning, cross-cultural awareness, and comprehensive development was emphasized, and its broad prospects for development were discussed. Proposed the integrated development of educational drama and classroom teaching, comprehensive education, teacher development, multiple intelligences, personality traits, language communication, and STEAM curriculum. Emphasis was placed on drawing educational drama elements from students' real lives to solve practical problems. Advocate the use of non fictional texts as teaching materials to cultivate students' literacy. Introduced how Tsinghua Affiliated High School tells Chinese stories and inherits traditional culture in English. Finally, it is pointed out that the creativity and cultural literacy of teachers are the key to improving the quality of educational drama teaching, and teachers need to constantly innovate and break through themselves.

conclusion

It emphasized the problems in English education, such as "time-consuming and inefficient", and called on teachers to update their educational concepts and teaching methods. At the same time, citing the words of Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng, the importance of building a high-quality education system was emphasized, and the desire to explore the role of educational drama in foreign language education with teachers was expressed to promote satisfactory educational development for the people.