| Author(s) | Khalid Mohammed Alwahibee |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature College of English Language and Translation, Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Revival of Role-play: The Effectiveness of Role-play Activities in Learning English as a Foreign Language by Saudi College Students |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Languages & Translation. Volume 16, No 1. (2004/1424) |
| Abstract | The purpose of this paper is to show the effectiveness of role-play activities to facilitate the learning of English as a foreign language by Saudi college students. Littlewood (5) indicated that students need an opportunity to learn skills and strategies for using the target language to communicate meanings in real-life situations. Role-play activity is one of the classroom teaching techniques that encourage students to participate actively in the process of learning English. Therefore, foreign language students practice the target language in contexts similar to real-life situations where stress and shyness are removed. In addition, teachers provide their students with a supportive, enjoyable, and stress-free classroom environment. This encourages the students and motivates them to learn the target language effectively. This paper is an experimental study that tried to investigate the effect of role-play activities on the overall speaking ability of Saudi college students. |
