Teachers’ perception on role play technique in teaching speaking skill

Abstract

This thesis entitled TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON ROLE PLAY TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING SPESAKING SKILLattempts to find out teachers’ perceptions on role play technique in teaching speaking skills.It also aimed to explore their actual situation on its use in teaching English. This research was based on survey based quantitative research design. In order to achieve these objectives, 20 secondary level English teachers teaching at secondary level of Itahari were selected as the sample of the study through the use of purposive sampling procedure and questionnaire were used as the tool data collection. The data were collected, analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tools and description with percentage tables. The findings of the study showed that, all of the teachers were interested in the use of role play technique while teaching speaking skills, role play technique is effective and they were satisfied in the use of role play technique. Most of the teachers agreed that the use of role play technique in teaching speaking skills develops the students' creativity and helps to reduce the use of mother tongue, helps to avoid the hesitation of the learners, develops the skill-based education of the learners, enhances contextual use of the language by the learners, students get benefit while teaching speaking skills through role play technique, role play enhances learners' autonomy and role play is really applicable and fruitful in teaching speaking skills. The teachers use role play technique for teaching English language for teaching speaking, teaching dramatization and simulation and their role to be motivator and facilitator to present the lessons through role play. They conducted conversation, interview, miming and communicationwhile using role play technique and viewed that role play presents complex subject in a simple way. On the other hand role play is very difficult to use in mixed ability class in teaching speaking skill, role play requires expert guidance and leadership, role play has lack of social skills and it is a time-consuming process and trained teacher is needed to use role play technique in the classroom in teaching speaking skills for solving the problems in using role play technique.