SUMARY: Nowadays, the ability to communicate in a foreign language is necessary in our society. Consequently, students have to be aware of the importance of learning English, as a human instrument of communication. Thus, teachers must help the students to develop their communicative competences in English and one way to do it is using drama techniques, since they help to reproduce real language and are really motivating for students.

I am going to explain the role of drama techniques as a resource for foreign language learning, the activities they include and the roles and tasks that the teachers must develop.