Developing Students’ Speaking Skill through Role Play: The Case of First Year Students at the Department of English, Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou
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Date
2018
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
The present study is intended to examine the impact of role play teaching/learning technique in
improving students speaking abilities and their engagement during oral sessions. This research
has set three main objectives. First, it studies whether role-play as a teaching technique can lead
first year students in the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-ouzou
to develop their speaking skill. Second, it strives to explore students’ and teachers’ perceptions
concerning the use of role play activities during oral sessions. Third, this study seeks to reveal how
teachers implement role play to promote their students’ speaking skill. To reach these aims, the
mixed methods approach was adopted using both qualitative and quantitative method either for
collecting or analyzing data. For the collection of data, we opted for the use of three instruments;
a questionnaire administrated to 110 first-year students, 8 classroom observations with a check
list of 10 items and a structured interview conducted with 9 teachers of those students. This study
is build around the theoretical framework of Ladousse (1987).The findings of students’
questionnaire have shown that students have positive attitudes toward using role play activities
to promote speaking skill. In addition, the results of the teachers’ interview have revealed that
teachers provide their students with an interactive atmosphere (either in pairs or in groups) which
allows them to overcome their speaking difficulties such as shyness and fear of embarrassment.
Furthermore, the findings of the classroom observations have also shown that role play activities
enhance students’ motivation, participation and self-confidence.
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30cm ; 54p.
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Role play, speaking ability, motivation, participation, self-confidence. Ladoussse (1987).
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Language and Communication