ROLE PLAY METHOD IN

TEACHING SPEAKING

Presented By :
Della Avista, Dessy Fitriyani, Devi Yuliati
 What is Role Play?
The activity of pretending to
be someone else, especially as
part of learning a new skill

Example : Students take on the roles of

characters in a novel they are reading
Why Role Play?
 The Importance of Role Play

• Provide the spoken language practice that is vital for

all language learning.
• Provide us with the opportunity to take our students
out of the classroom for a "test run" of real world
language use
• Allow students to become someone else for part of
lesson, and thereby to leave behind their inhibitions
and worries
• Involved an element of play that provides an
enjoyable contrast to the course book exercises and
helps to develop rapport between students.
Role Play

Drama
 Role-play involves :

1. Giving a role to one or more members

of a group
2. Assigning an objective or purpose that
participants must accomplish
3. Can be conducted with a single
person, in pairs or in groups, with each
person assigned a role to accomplish
an objective
 Advantages

Boost Students’ confident level

Students can adapt to the
moods and expression of the
given situation
Students can show their
creativity
students gain different
experiences regarding the
situation.
 Disadvantages
It’s a time consuming process.

The teacher is difficult in evaluating students

individually

Sometimes students may feel like threatened

Strongly depends on students imagination

Students may be too shy

It’s a failure when the group does not

understand
 Steps in Role Playing
1. Students are divided into several groups
2. Teacher give a topic for each group
(optional)
3. Students select the situation and create the
dialogue
4. Practice for a few minutes in group
5. Perform the situation in front of class
6. Other groups’ member give comments and
suggestions
7. Teacher gives comments after all groups’
performed
 Some Role Play Activities

Telephone Conversation Going to Shop