The purpose of this thesis has been to prepare a group interpretation script based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its major manned programs. The script is designed to inform high school students and the general public of the space program. Available literature on oral interpretation and readers theatre have been investigated with particular attention given to the value of readers theatre as a means of instruction. Questionnaires were circulated among aerospace professors throughout the country and companies involved in the space industry. In their responses, aerospace company officials indicate strong support of this thesis and indicate a pressing need for such an informative script.

Andraspråksinlärning förutsätter att elever lär sig nya ord och därmed förutsätter ett välfungerande minne och undervisningsmetoder som utnyttjar hur minnet lagrar och återkallar ord. I svenska grundskoloranvänds ofta den traditionella metoden, där elever får bekanta sig med nya ord och fraser (det vill säga glosor) genom att ta del av olika läromedelsbaserade texter och inspelningar i samband med en gloslista som ska instuderas till ett kommande glosförhör. I vår undersökninghar vi jämfört ordinlärning bland mellanstadieelever som har tagit del av den traditionella metoden kontraelever som har deltagit ien pedagogisk dramaaktivitet: Readers Theatre(lästeater). Vår undersökning var begränsad och dess validitet och reliabilitet kan ifrågasättas ur flera aspekter, men våra studieresultat stödjer premissen att elever som deltar i lästeater kan lära sig och minnas nya engelskglosor lika bra och även bättre än elever som lär sig dem genom traditionella undervisningsmetoder. Vår undersökningsresultatantyder att den traditionella metoden är bättre för att behärska stavning och översättning av några utvalda glosor, åtminstone kortsiktigt, medan lästeatermetoden gereleverna en bättre och mer minnesvärd uppfattning om glosornas betydelser och användning i kontext. Våra studieresultat pekar på att inga av metoderna ärfullständiga, då elevernas minne för orden och fraserna som de exponerades försämrades efter en vecka. Att kombinera metoderna skulle möjligtvis ha lett till mer avsiktlig repetition av orden och ännu bättre ordminne / Second language learning requires that pupilslearn new words and thus requires a well-functioning memory and teaching methods that utilize how the memory stores and recalls words. In Swedish gradeschools, the traditional method used to acquaint pupils with new words and phrases (i.e.vocabulary) isthrough various textbook-based texts and recordings in connection with a vocabularylist that is to be studied for an upcoming vocabulary text. In our study, we compared word learning among pupilswho were taught by the traditional methodversus pupils who participated in an educational drama activity: Readers Theatre. Our study was limited, and its validity and reliability can be questioned from several aspects, but our results support the premise that pupilswho participate in Readers Theatrecan learn and remember new English vocabularyjust as well and even better than pupilswho learn them through traditional teaching methods. Our survey results suggest that the traditional method is better for mastering spelling and translation of selected vocabulary,at least in the short-term, while Readers Theatregivespupilsa better and more memorable understandingof the meaning and use of the vocabularyin context. Our results indicate that neitherof the methods isinfallible, as pupils’memory for the words and phrases they were exposed to deteriorated after a week. Combining the methods might have led to more deliberate repetition of the vocabularyand even better vocabularymemory

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Grief is the reaction to the loss of anything valuable, and therefore both the widowed and the divorced experience the grief process. Research shows that learning about the cyclic stages and symptoms of grief and knowing that others have successfully recovered can be helpful to the griever. The purpose of this thesis has been to develop and produce a compiled Readers Theatre script containing factual material about the stages and symptoms of the grief process as it relates to the widowed and divorced, and also personal testimonies of people who have successfully worked through their grief. In addition to the script, the thesis includes a discussion on pathological grief and on the similarities and differences in widowed and divorced grief.

This oral interpretation thesis studies the use of oral interpretation in social contexts. The context chosen was the Hospice movement, which deals with assisting terminally ill persons and their families through the stages of death and bereavement. A readers theatre script was compiled for "Ann's Haven: Hospice of Denton County," which was selected for the locus of this thesis. The script was presented to various civic groups for the purpose of informing the public and eliciting support for Ann's Haven. It was found that oral interpretation is a viable rhetorical tool and is well liked by audiences as a means of public enlightenment.

This study includes an analysis of the autobiographies of William A. Owens, a contemporary writer, educator, and Texas folklorist; a discussion of Owens' educational experiences and attitudes; an explanation of Readers Theatre requirements; and a fifty to fifty-five minute Readers Theatre script, "Lighting the Lamp: William A. Owens' School Days in Pin Hook." The script portrays Owens as a Texas schoolboy and country schoolteacher and it conveys some of Owens' attitudes about education. The script was adapted from Owens' two autobiographies, This Stubborn Soil and A Season of Weathering, to be performed by junior and senior high school students.