THE APPLICATION OF SCRIPT ANALYSIS APPROACH TO IMPROVE DRAMA PERFORMANCE FOR THE SECOND-YEAR UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN CHINA

Abstract

     The purposes of this study were to compare drama performances before and after the application of script analysis and to investigate students' satisfaction with its use in drama performance classes among second-year university students in Sichuan Province, China. The study employed a whole cluster random sampling to select a research sample from a second-year class. The first research objective was achieved through pretest and post-test, which assessed the drama performance of second-year students using paired-samples t-tests. The second research objective was addressed through questionnaire that examined students' satisfaction with the use of script analysis, analyzed using means and standard deviations. The results revealed a significant improvement in students' drama performance, with a mean difference of 6.23 points between pretest and post-test scores. Furthermore, students expressed a high level of satisfaction with the implementation of script analysis in their drama performance classes. Therefore, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of the script analysis approach in teaching drama performance.