A theatrical approach for teaching conversational skills

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The aim of this paper is to report an application of an invovative teaching method, Strategic Interaction (SI), which aims at developing oral language proficiency.

SI is built on the principles of group dynamics.

It advocates the use of both directive and nondirective teaching modes, cas -ting the teacher in the role of a guide.

The author taught and developed instructional procedures representative of SI for teaching conversation skills for students of the Intensive English Programme at the University of Jordan.

SI has also been incorporated into the English curiculum of the government secondary stage textbooks.