AGGRESSION REPLACEMENT TRAINING AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract: This paper investigates if the tools of the Aggression Replacement Training (ART) program, a structured treatment model for the training of social skills, can scaffold secondary learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) with regards to speaking and interaction. Furthermore, with the help of interviews I aim to get a better understanding of teachers´ perception of ART. The tools modelling, roleplaying, and performance feedback are used within the ART program to improve social skills; by looking at the ART-program and by comparing these to how they are used in the EFL classroom, and at the secondary Ung ART school, in general. I will attempt to show how the learning of English as a foreign learning can be improved, particularly regarding speaking and interaction. This paper is primarily relevant to teachers of EFL but may also be useful to other teachers who want to scaffold their students. The ART-program tools modelling, roleplaying, and performance feedback have a positive effect on EFL-learners.