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ESL Role-Play

Learning a language is a complex and longcharacteristics  or  scenario.
process  as  anyone
Divide students into groups and give them
who has tried will agree. One of the mosttime  to  sketch
difficult  and
out various scenarios, and go over extra or
frustrating things is making the transitionspecial
from  the
vocabulary ask them to discuss how they will
classroom to the 'real' world. In theact,  think
classroom,  everyone
about the character and plan what they will
knows you are a student and mistakes aresay.  For
allowed,  and the
example, what are possible responses
environment is contained and safe. Speakingreplies  for  the  angry
another  language
neighbor? - The teacher, as facilitator of
outside the classroom is completelythe  role-play
different  and  often
must support students in their role, i.e.
students are lost at sea as soon as theythey  'are'  in  the
step  outside  the
backyard arguing over the fence. Don't do
door. Lists of memorized vocabulary areanything  to
suddenly  useless
interrupt the pretend environment. Leave
when ordering in a restaurant.Role-plays, orgrammar  correction
simulations  are  one  of  the  ways  ESL
to the end. Correcting students in the
instructors can ease students' transitionmiddle  of  an  argument
into  using
interrupts the pretend environment. Make
English in real world situations. Anotes  and  do  a
simulation  is  where
debriefing after. - Exaggeration is good!
students act out a real-life situation, forEncourage
example
students to exaggerate their actions,
checking into at a hotel, but do not act outopinions  and
a  different
movements. Exaggeration helps students
personality. Role-plays are where studentsimmerse themselves inthe role. - Stage a
take  onrehearsal  first.  Have  students
different personalities. In a role-play,practice their role in small groups with
for  example,  onecoaching  from  the
student may be asked to take on the role ofother students. - While the role-play or
"an  angrydebate  is  in
neighbor" which is out of character for theprogress, have other students suggest
student.Role-plays require more imaginationvocabulary  first,  and
by  students  and  teacher
act as backup if they do not know.Role-plays
and can be difficult to manage because theyare  unpredictable  which  makes them both a
are
valuable learning tool and at the same time
unpredictable. The initial scenariodifficult  to
develops  from  the
manage. Sketch out the various routes the
students interacting with each other and canrole-play  can
literally go
take from the initial scenario. This will
in any direction. This gives studentsgive you  some
practice  in  a
idea what to expect and avoid any
non-threatening environment, and gives thesurprises.Suggested topics for role-plays:-
motivation  andLovers problems (He has to move away to get a
new  and
involvement where they have to think in
English.  Role-playsbetter job) Spending money (Government,
United  Nations
are interesting, memorable and engaging, and
studentsetc. spending money, who gets what)-
Traveling (where would you go? what would you
retain the material they have learned. Indo?)- Debates on current affairs/politics.
their  assumedExtreme  opinions  or
role, students drop their shyness and otheropinions at the opposite ends of the
personality  andspectrum  work  well  (i.e.  left
cultural inhibitions, making them one ofwing/right wing etc.)Role-plays can range
the  best  toolsfrom  30  minutes or one hour to a year-long
available for teaching a secondcorporate simulation for business English.
language.Here are a few pointers andStaging  role-plays  can
suggestions  to  assist  ESL
be challenging for an instructor, but is
teachers using and managing role-plays:-Thealso  great  fun.  After  you
more engaging the better. The value of
role-playshave done a few, you will know what to
expect  and  feel  more
come from students immersing themselves in
the  material. -confident.My experience is students love
them  retain  what  they  learn,  and
Choose a 'hot' topic and stage a debate.
Assign studentsoften leave the classroom laughing and
still  arguing  all  the  way
positions on the topic (for/against). This
will get studentsout of their personality andout of the building!George and Daisy Stocker
into  the  role  where  they  dohave  traveled  the  world  teaching
not have the same inhibitions. -ESL to children and adults. Their website,
Preparation  is  very
offers ESL curriculum, activities, an online
important to success. Give studentsforum for ESL teachers and students, plus a
'personality cards'free newsletter for ESL teachers. Their
second site, offers storybooks and ESL
which sketch out their personalcurriculum for children.



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