THE EFFECTS OF DRAMA ACTIVITIES ON THE LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS

The objective in this study is to observe the effects of drama activities on the listening and speaking skills of the sixth-grade students. the research was based on pre-test–post-test quasi-experimental design with control group. the participants were 43 students who are studying at a secondary school located in the yakutiye district center of erzurum. the data for the study were gathered from the article “listenwatchtell listening and speaking skills competency scale” by erdem and erdem (2014). in the analysis of the data, independent-sample and dependent-sample t-test were applied. the study showed that the drama activities are more effective than the activities carried out according to the present curriculum, on the students’ abilities of listening and speaking skills.