Finally, we have come to the end of this semester. I am glad that I have been given a chance to create my own blog for the course of "Teaching the Language of Drama". This is a very new experience to me. Although at first I just treated it as part of my task to fulfill my lecturer's marking scheme, but now I have found that this blog actually has a lot more benefits to me.
By posting my reflections about the course in this blog, I have in fact learned a lot more knowledge which I might not gain in the lecture. When I read other coursemates' blog I gained more insight about the play we have learned in the lecture. I think that it is a very beneficial activity that our lecturer has designed for this course to enhance our understanding about drama.
Throughout the whole semester, we have learned five plays, Anitgone by Sophocles, Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, Anike by Wong Phui Nam, King Lear by William Shakespeare, and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. We have learned the background and history of theater and various techniques that a playwright used in conveying their messages in a play. We have watched the movie of Pygmalion, Shakespeare's Wallah and Macbeth. We also have a chance to go to a real theater in KLPAC to watch a modern theater, 4.48 Psychosis. Not only that, we also have simulated teaching session that has given us a chance to learn all the teaching skills and techniques in teaching the language of drama. All these are very good learning experiences for all of us. I have gained new insights about human life from reading the play. I have learned how to examine a play from various aspects of its language. This course has also sparked my interest and enthusiasm for drama and theater.
Here I would like to thank my lecturer, Dr. Edwin, for all the effort that he has done for this course and for all the patience he has in teaching us.
I enjoy this course very much and I hope in the future I would still have the opportunity to know more about drama.