my first week lecture

For this semester, we were introduced with a new subject - "Teaching the Language of Drama", that will teach us about how to teach drama in classroom. First of all, we were given a short introduction of the history of drama so that we have a rough idea of what is drama all about. I feel that it is important for us to know about the history of drama before we actually learn drama. When we already have the knowledge of drama in our mind, it is easier for the students to analyze the drama that we are doing. When I was learning about drama, I found that the language of the plays is somehow quite difficult to understand even for students at my level. At this point, I was wondering whether students in primary and secondary school can face this challenge. But, in my opinion, I still feel that this would be a tough challenge for me and also for the students in primary and secondary school as drama is not like short stories or novels.