The Use of Role Play as Teaching Technique to Enhance Learners’ Speaking Skill. Case of First year Learners’ at Meftahi High School Sidi Bel Abass

Abstract

The research at hand aims to investigate developing student’s speaking skill through the use of role play as teaching technique. The main problem behind this research is that most EFL learners may face many difficulties. Therefore, researchers believe that there are a number of ways through which teachers can help their students to improve their speaking skill ability. The present study aims at shedding light on improving learners’ oral profiency by acting role play as a good model for real life situation into the classroom. The researcher adopts a mixed methodology which is both qualitative and quantitative using two instruments of research: a questionnaire and an interview. The questionnaire was administered to students in high school while, the interview was directed to EFL teachers .The findings show that teachers and students hold favorable attitudes towards using role play techniques and that role play is an effective tool to improve student’s speaking abilities. Thus, the study confirmed the hypotheses that role play is effective tool to enhance learners’ speaking skill. Generally speaking, learners’ need to be taught with an appropriate technique to develop their speaking skill and to create suitable situation where they can use language without hesitation.