It is a good way of developing interaction skills in our students, particularly social interaction skills because it helps our students to communicate in real language with their classmates and even outside of the classroom; doing this, they feel confident and motivated. Motivation is a factor that should never be ignored when working with high school students. A role-play helps my students deal with real life situations, to work together as a team, and to communicate in order to understand each other. It gives our students the chance to evaluate their learning progress. The role of the teacher is to prepare our students by asking questions before starting a role play, including vocabulary and some idioms; then we only provides help where it is needed, as a facilitator and spectator. When we correct their mistakes, we should not correct every single mistake, it is de motivating for them, so I do it at the end of the role play and correcting only the most important mistakes such as grammar structures and pronunciation. One of the principal problems in a role play is the insecurity of some of our students and a bad relationship among them.
Lesson 15 Role Play
It is a good way of developing interaction skills in our students, particularly social interaction skills because it helps our students to communicate in real language with their classmates and even outside of the classroom; doing this, they feel confident and motivated. Motivation is a factor that should never be ignored when working with high school students.
A role-play helps my students deal with real life situations, to work together as a team, and to communicate in order to understand each other. It gives our students the chance to evaluate their learning progress. The role of the teacher is to prepare our students by asking questions before starting a role play, including vocabulary and some idioms; then we only provides help where it is needed, as a facilitator and spectator. When we correct their mistakes, we should not correct every single mistake, it is de motivating for them, so I do it at the end of the role play and correcting only the most important mistakes such as grammar structures and pronunciation.
One of the principal problems in a role play is the insecurity of some of our students and a bad relationship among them.