Theater as a safe environment to start productive skills development in an EFL classroom

This article describes a pedagogical proposal based on theater as safe space to develop productive skills in an EFL classroom. Thirty-six eleventh graders from public school Tunja participated the sessions. In each session, we collected data through recordings, interviews, and field notes understand impact of intervention. The findings suggested that could help créate environment decreased students’ anxiety levels while exploring language. As result, started emerge. We argue need change classroom dynamics, organization, time management order create transformative places foster environments