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简介：Thispapertracesevidencefromneurobehaviouralresearchshowinghowlanguagefunctionsoccurinthebrainandsupporttheefficacyofdramaasamethodologyinalllanguagelearning.AccordingtoPribram’sholographicviewofthebrain,move-mentisintegraltothetransferenceofvocabularyfromtheposte-riorconvexitytothefrontalcortexwherewordsaretransformedintomeaningviapragmaticprocessingmechanismsandthenpro-ducedaslanguageinthemidbrainmotorstructurewhichisalsothecenterofemotion.Dramaismovementwithemotion.Wordswhichbecomeamplifiedwithmeaningduringthedramat-icprocesstraverseneuronalpathwaysfromthelexicographic,posteriorbraintotherightforebrainandconvergeinvocalex-pressioninthecentrencephalicmechanism.Withoutsuchmove-ment,meaningandoutputdonotoccur.Wordsimpregnatedwithmeaningintheemotionalmovementofthedramaticprocessparalleldrama-languagemovementswithinthebrainsothatlearningbecomesdeeplyembedded,retainedandeasilyrecalled.Testeddramamethodswhichreinforceorimprintsuchintra-brainlanguagefunctionsarebrieflyreviewedasisselecteddrama-languageresearchsupportingthedrama-brain-languageconcep-tualframeworkofholisticlanguagelearningtheory.Itisarguedthatlearningasecondlanguageaswellasafirstlanguagethroughdrama,thelanguageartformwhichimbuesthenarra-tiveandlanguagestructuresofanyculture,constitutesqualityeducation.