This document discusses role play as a language teaching technique. It begins by outlining several techniques that will be discussed, including role play. It then discusses the importance of role play in giving students the opportunity to practice communication in different social contexts and roles. The steps of role play are described as assigning roles and objectives to groups or individuals. Examples, advantages like confidence building, and disadvantages like time consumption are provided. In conclusion, role play is deemed a worthwhile experience for improving English speaking, listening, understanding, and making language more practical and realistic for students.

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