
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi penggunaan drama wayang dalam kegiatan English for Specific Purposes Speaking. Namun, ada beberapa penelitian yang mendokumentasikan integrasi antara budaya lokal dan drama untuk kegiatan belajar mengajar bahasa Inggris. ABSTRAK Drama merupakan salah satu kegiatan belajar mengajar bahasa Inggris yang dapat meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi dan berbicara siswa.

This study also implies that drama wayang can be developed into an ESP teaching method combined with Indonesia's local culture and serves as an innovative and contextual ESP teaching method. Furthermore, drama wayang can be integrated into English teaching and learning activities to improve activity variety and attract students' interest in learning speaking. Findings showed that students were enthusiastic about performing drama wayang and could perform it well. The subjects of this study were first-semester university students from the Indonesian Language and Literature Department. A descriptive qualitative study was employed as the study design, with observation, documentation, and questionnaire as methods of data collection. This study aims at exploring the use of drama wayang in the English for Specific Purposes Speaking activities.

However, only a few studies documented the integration between local culture and drama for English teaching and learning activities. Drama is among English teaching and learning activities that can improve students' communication and speaking skills.
