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Role Playing in the ESL
Classroom
Why and How to Use it in Your
Classrooom
Role Play
A role play is a
learning activity
in which students
play out roles in a
simulated
situation that
relates to one or
more learning
objectives.
Benefits
Teaches empathy
Simulates authentic language
experience
Provides a memorable learning
experience
Adaptable for multiple levels
Increases motivation and self-esteem
Builds confidence
Role Play Advantages #1
Role plays encourage student
participation and stimulate thinking.
They motivate students by involving
them in a realistic situation.
Role plays help students understand
another person’s perspective or
situation.
Role Play Advantages #2
Role plays can inform, assess, and
improve a variety of students’ skills
and attitudes (communication and
interpersonal skills needed to
interview, counsel, and treat patients)
Role plays give students opportunities
to receive feedback on their
performance in a safe setting
What is Role Playing Good For?
Communication skills
Fluency
Grammar
Reaching the <spontaneity state>
Assessment Tool
Cultural factors
How to use it in your
classroom:some ideas
Listening and Role Play
Use a short listening
passage/dialogue
Check for comprehension
Review grammar,language structures,
pronunciation
Students practice and personalize
dialogue
Perform
Reading and Role Play
Small groups
Each group given a section of the
reading
Group discusses main events
Group creates a dialogue to represent
events
Performs
Feedback/questions from class
Video and Role play
Watch an authentic clip of a target
situation
Discuss as a class
Give students a copy of script
Practice
Personalize
Perform
Long-term project
Groups of 5 to 10
Students write their own script
Edit
Rehearse
Perform for a wider audience
Making Role Playing Successful
Model
Language support
Have realistic goals
Use realistic scenarios
Use realia and visual aids
Create a Role Play #1
Decide what the students should
learn (the objective)
Select an appropriate situation
Identify the roles
Create a Role Play #2
Determine if the role play will be:
Informal – acting it out with little
or preparation time
Formal – planned in advance with
instructions
Clinical demonstration – working
with anatomic models and
Create a Role Play #3
Determine if the students will report the
results of their discussion of the role play in
writing or orally to the entire group.
In some cases, the role plays are done only
in small groups. Then one or more groups
may present theirs to the large group
and/or the teacher will facilitate a
discussion focusing on the role plays.
Facilitate a Role Play #1
Explain the nature and purpose of the
exercise (the objectives).
Define the setting and situation of the
role play.
Brief the participants on their roles.
Facilitate a Role Play #2
Explain what the other students should
observe and what kind of feedback they
should give.
Provide the students with questions or
activities that will help them to focus on the
main concepts being presented.
Keep the role play brief and to the point.
Facilitate a Role Play #3
Engage students in a followup
discussion.
Provide feedback, both positive and
suggestions for improvement.
Summarize what happened in the
session, what was learned, and how it
applies to the skill being learned.
Conclusion
Benefits range from increasing empathy
and motivation to providing authentic
experiences with the language
Can be used to teach grammar as well as
communication skills, fluency and cultural
factors
Will provide a memorable learning
experience that the students can draw from
to help navigate life outside the classroom
Bibliography
Celce-Murcia,M.,& Hilles, S. (1988)
Resources in Teaching Grammar. New
York:Oxford University Press
Maxwell, C.(1997 October) Role –Play and
Language Learning.Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Japan Association of
Language Teachers, Hamamatsu, Japan
Parrish, B. Teaching Adults ESL: A Practical
Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill
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