The Arts Approach : One Potential Way to Develop Learners' Confidence and Attitude in English Speaking and Communication
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The objective of this paper is to report how arts-based instruction helps non-English major university students develop their confidence and attitude in speaking and communication, and how this development foster learners' motivation and autonomy eventually. Students' lack of confidence in classroom interaction often limits their English language production and development. Moreover, obtaining a good command of communication and English language has been increasingly demanded by society. The arts approach is one way to bring active students' participation to classroom interaction, and "relatedness" to others through symbol creation (meaning-creation) and language use. In order to assess this process, this paper introduces how the arts approach can be integrated into English education for a university speaking class of 27 students, and reports the outcomes of the instruction. The arts approach helped students engaged in various arts activities (reading literature, reading-aloud poems, storytelling, role play, and rudimentary art works for oral presentations). This paper illustrates the process of the students' development in their confidence toward communicating with each other in English and learning English through student questionnaires, students' written reflective comments, and teacher observation. The possible requirements of fostering EFL learners' motivation and autonomy are discussed.