REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLE: THE USE OF ROLE PLAY TO IMPROVE TEACHING SPEAKING

THE USE OF ROLE PLAY TO IMPROVE TEACHING SPEAKING

by:Arham R, Abdul Hakim Yassi, Burhanudin Arafah

• Role play is very important in teaching speaking because it gives students an opportunity to practice communicating in different social contexts and in different social roles. In addition, it also allows students to be creative and to put themselves in another person’s place for a while.  Role play is considered suitable for vocational classes that urge much direct learning for their profession.  Students are not only as passive learners but they become active learners since there are various activities that put them in an active process.
• The research took  place at STIKES Amanah Makassar. It lasted for a month strating from in May 2012 – June 2012. This research applied a quasi experimental study, that involves two groups, experiemntal group and control group.
• The result from the pre-test and post-test demonstrated a significant improvement in the quality of the students’ speaking performance in the experimental class while the quality of students’ speaking performance in control condition was slightly improved.
• Based on the findings above, it shows that role play is an effective strategy to develop English speaking performance particularly students in vocational class or students in a specific need of English.