Students’ Perception Towards the Use of Role-Play in Learning Speaking in 24 Jakarta Junior High School

Published: 7/17/2023

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Role play is one of the English learning techniques that is used by teacher in teaching at SMPN 24 Jakarta. This study aimed to investigate the students’ perception towards the use of role-play in learning speaking. To get the data, questionnaire and interview were used in this study. 35 students were participated in answering the questionnaire and 10 students were participated in answering the interview. In the questionnaire, there are 2 aspects to be explored such as judgement and behaviour related to students’ perception. After analyzing the questionnaire, the result showed students’ judgement (3,09) and behaviour (3,24). Those aspects belong to good category. It indicated that the students positively perceived the use of role-play technique in learning speaking. It was also strengthened by the result of the interview. It showed that the students’ responses, concerning with the use of role-play in learning speaking, had three impacts in which the students felt more motivated, imaginative, and creative. Those impacts supported students’ perception about the use of role-play technique in learning speaking. Considering to the findings, role-play is an effective technique to learn speaking at Junior High School.

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