Using Role-Playing Activities to Develop English Speaking Skills for Students Grade 11 at Sathid Secondary School of Salavan Teacher Training College

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to compare English Conversation skills for communication before and after using role play and 2) to study the students’ satisfaction of role plays to improve speaking skill for communication of students M6 at Sathid Secondary School. The subject consisted of 30 of students M6 at Sathid Secondary School. The instruments used for gathering data were: 1) four role-play lesson plans, 2) pre-post- tests of English conversation skills for communication, and 3) the questionnaire for collecting students’ satisfaction of role play. The experiment was conducted in 4 days, 8 hours in total. The independent t-test, mean and standard deviation (S.D.) were used to analyze data. The study found that the English conversation skills for communication after using role play of the experimental group was significantly higher at .05 significant level; and 2) students indicated their overall satisfaction toward role play at the highest level. (Mean = 4.75, S.D. = 0.42).