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Some thoughts and practical ideas for using role play in the language classroom. If you'd like free, video presentation of this, go to www.elt-training.com
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SK: Hello, what can I get you?C: I’m not sure – which cheese is the nicest?SK: They’re all nice, but this one is my favourite – would you like to try a bit?C: Yes, please…. Oh yes, it’s really tasty. How much is it?SK: That piece is £2.56. Shall I wrap it up?C: That’s great. Thanks.
SK: Hello, what can I get you?C: I’m not sure – which cheese is the nicest?SK: They’re all nice, but this one is my favourite – would you like to try a bit?C: Yes, please…. Oh yes, it’s really tasty. How much is it?SK: That piece is £2.56. Shall I wrap it up?C: That’s great. Thanks.
Student A:You are going to London for a job interview next week and you can’t afford a hotel. An old friend lives there and you haven’t seen them for years - call your friend and ask if you can stay the night.
Student B:The person who calls you is someone you haven’t seen for 10 years and you haven’t kept in touch because you didn’t like them very much. You live in a very small flat in London and you hate having visitors but you are a very polite person.
Parents
TeenagersIs there any chance of –ingWould you mind if I –ed
I’d be really careful…
I don't think that’s a great idea.I’d like to but….
If you borrowed it, you’d probably….
Error Correction
If you would borrow the car, you would crash!
Please let me to borrow it!
You will accident.
Note that it’s important to:
Give time for preparation
Input language
Make opportunities for repetition
And give feedback
Who are the two people?Where are you?What are you talking about?Why are you talking?What happened just before this?Is any other information important?What are some points that will come up in the discussion?What would be a good result?
Scrivener ‘Learning teaching’
Golden rules for role play
Believe they will work!Give a model.. and/orGive preparation time A specific task to completeLanguage inputRepetitionFeedback