Teaching English as Foreign Language

1. SPEAKING GROUP
WILL DISCUSS
 ROLE-PLAY
TECHNIQUE
 GAMES TECHNIQUE
 PICTURE
DESCRIBING METHOD
 JIGSAW METHOD
 INTRODUCE
YOURSELF METHOD

2. ASTI AYUNINGSIH

4. TOPIC TO DISCUSS
 THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE PLAY
 THE STEPS TO APPLY ROLE PLAY
METHOD
 ADVANTAGES
 DISADVANTAGES

5. THE IMPORTANCE OF ROLE PLAY
Role-plays are very important in the
communicative approach because they
give students an opportunity to practice
communicating in different social
contexts and in different social roles.

6. Role-play involves :
 Giving a role to one or more
members of a group
 Assigning an objective or
purpose that participants must
accomplish
 Can be conducted with a
single person, in pairs or in
groups, with each person
assigned a role to accomplish
an objective

7. STEPS
 Students are divided into several groups
 Teacher give a topic for each group (optional)
 Students select the situation and create the
dialogue
 Practice for a few minutes in group
 Perform the situation in front of class
 Other groups’ member give comments and
suggestions
 Teacher gives comments after all groups’
performed

8. EXAMPLE IN VIDEO

9. ADVANTAGES
 Help students to boost their confidence level
 Help students to adapt to the moods and
expression of the given situation which they
could then perform.
 Give them opportunity to show their
creativity.
 Students gain a different experience related to
their life and other social situation.

10. DISADVANTAGES
 Take up a lot of time
 It becomes difficult for teacher to evaluate the
students individually
 They were reluctant initially because they
were not familiar with such activities
 Might be seen as too entertaining and
frivolous

11. ANY QUESTIONS???

12. CONCLUSION
 Role play is really a worthwhile learning
experience for both the students and the teacher.
 Not only students can have more opportunities
to "act" and "interact" with their peers trying to use
the English language, but also students' English
speaking, listening, and understanding will
improve.
 Role play lightens up the atmospheres and
brings liveliness in the classes.
 Students learn to use the language in a more
realistic, more practical way.
 They can become more aware of the usefulness
and practicality of English.

13. REFERENCES
 Role Play for ESL/EFL Children
in the English Classroom by
Irene Y. Huang, Jing Shan
Elementary School (Taipei
County, Taiwan), ETMA
Program, National Cheng Chi
University (Taipei, Taiwan).
 Effectiveness of Role Play in
Enhancing the Speaking Skills of
the Learners in a Large
Classroom: An Investigation of
Tertiary Level Students by
Priscilla Islam & Tarzia Islam