Using Role Play as a Metacognitive Tool for Writing
"Drink till you die!" a Korean student shouts at 3:00 on a Tuesday afternoon. This scene is not taking place in a bar, but in a college ESL writing workshop instead.
After reading a New York Times article, "Corporate Korea Corks the Bottle"-the story of Korean graphic designer who following her first day of work at a new company, felt pressured to drink socially with her co-worker-students explore their feelings about issues raised in this article, through the medium of role playing.