Improving the oral language skills of children with English as an Additional Language through a drama-based intervention

This project aimed to develop and pilot an intervention for improving EAL children’s oral language and communication skills in English through theatre – a medium that seems well-suited to developing oral language among young (language) learners, but whose potential has not been evaluated to date. The project involved multiple phases, including a systematic review of the literature and the collection of quantitative and qualitative evaluation data, as well as knowledge exchange workshops with stakeholders and creative material design with theatre practitioners.