Acting Out Emotions: Drama Techniques for Teaching English and Nurturing Students’ Emotional Intelligence

This article presents a qualitative study of the specifics of implementing drama techniques for teaching English and developing students’ emotional intelligence. It analyzes the impact of stress on students’ emotional regulation, concentration, and overall well-being. The focus is on the necessity to develop students’ emotional intelligence simultaneously with the formation of their communicative competence. According to the results of the study conducted at Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University and Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, it has been proved that the implementation of drama techniques such as Dubbing, Acting Out Movie/Book Scenes, Conscience Alley, Hot Seating, Tableaux, and others has a positive effect on the formation of students’ communicative competence and the development of their emotional intelligence.