Role Play Procedures in a Speaking Class at ECC (Effort Central Course) Purworejo

Abstract

The objective of this research is to describe the procedure of teaching speaking class at ECC and to discuss the roles play activities. My observation was conducted on 10th of November 2007 - 10 th of December 2007 at ECC (Effort Central Course), which is located on Diponegoro st. Kauman 1 Kutoarjo, Purworejo Central Java 54212. The objective of observation is to explore the procedures of teaching speaking at ECC, especially the use of role playing in speaking class. The procedures consist of five steps: pre-teaching, while teaching, grouping processing, moving in and out activity, and evaluation. The participants of elementary level were 10 students, which consisted of 7 female and 3 male students. During the role play the students practiced with their partners and their cooperation is a successful key in communication. The students could improve their creativity by improvising the dialog in term of vocabulary, sentence, and they could also speak English correctly based on their pronunciation and grammar. The students were able to spell the words that have been studied, to ask and answer simple questions, to do short and simple conversation fluently, and to express simple opinion, idea, and feeling. Additionally, the students could improve their speaking skill covering expressing politeness, giving compliment, asking question, and increasing the vocabulary. Based on the observation conducted in one of the speaking classes it was found out that role playing is appears the liveliest activities with can bring real life situation into the classroom. Therefore, it could be seen that role play was enable to increase the ability of the students in enhancing their curiosity, creativity, and activeness.