The Educational Drama in China

Abstract

Recently, Educational Drama has been a hot topic in English language teaching in China. Educational Drama originated in Europe and America, which has a history of nearly one hundred years in western countries. While compared with western countries, domestic Educational Drama only has 20 years. Hong Kong and Taiwan is earlier than the mainland to introduce Educational Drama. Educational Drama research has gone through the pre-research stage, the embryonic development stage, the exploratory growth stage and the vigorous development stage in China. This paper summarizes the research results of Educational Drama in China based on the development process, research content and research methods, in order to provide some guidance for the further development of dramatic teaching method in China.