Using role-play in teaching speaking

Teo, Guan Brick @ Richard (2014) Using role-play in teaching speaking. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

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Abstract

English, an international language is a tool of communication that has been playing a very important part in learning and acquiring scientific, technical and also cultural knowledge. Global competition has made English necessary to be learned as it is widely spoken around the world and has become a common tool between countries. It is the language used for collecting worldwide information and carrying out internatiooal exchar,ge aAd cooper-atioo. Tt-te status of EAglish Language in Malaysia is as a second language. It is a compulsory subject in all government schools. There are four skills needed to be mastered in order to communicate using this language efficiently and accurately. One of the most important skills is speaking skills. Possessing a good speaking skill will give great advantages as one can convey his ideas easily and can talk fluently. Improving students' oral English skills has become more and more important. One of the most effective methods to teach and motivate students' to speak English is role-play. The objective of this research is to see the advantages of role-play activity in improving students' ability to speak this language. This study is conducted in two form two classes in a secondary school in Kata Kinabalu. One of the classes is an average class and the other one is an intermediate to advanced class. Three informants had been interviewed from each class. The researcher does the research by using observation notes and the interview data collection methods. Through the four weeks research, it is generally proven that the students in both classes have shown improvements in their speaking skills and become more interested ih speaking English in the classroom. From the result of this research, we know that in schools, the teacher can use some communicative classroom activities such as role-play to help students to improve their speaking ability and arouse their motivation of English speaking. However there are also some limitations of this research for example, because the sample size was small, the results might not reflect the whole classes and also maybe there were some unstable data because the time of research was too short.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Keyword:	English language, Second language learning, Speaking skills, Role-play in education, Language teaching methods
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics > P1-85 General
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Psychology and Education
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	02 May 2025 10:57
Last Modified:	02 May 2025 10:57
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43689

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