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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF ROLE PLAY TECHNIQUE
IN SPEAKING CLASS IN THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
OF SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY
A Thesis
Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree
in English Language Education
By
Silvestra Maria Indrat Yessy Adipranata
Student Number: 031214119
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION
SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA
2009
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The Lord gives strength to His people; the Lord blesses His people with peace
(Psalm 29:11)
There can be miracles, when you believe Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe (OST. Prince of Egypt)
Welcome to your revolution What you dream is what you see There are no rules or regulations
Let the music set you free
I dedicated this thesis to my lovely parents and brother
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LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN
PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS
Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma:
Nama : Silvestra Maria Indrat Yessy Adipranata
Nomor Mahasiswa : 031214119
Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul :
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS ON THE USE OF ROLE PLAY TECHNIQUE IN SPEAKING CLASS IN THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY
beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di Internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin dari saya maupun memberikan royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis.
Demikian pernyataan ini yang saya buat dengan sebenarnya.
Dibuat di Yogyakarta
Pada tanggal : 19 Maret 2009
Yang menyatakan
(Silvestra Maria Indrat Yessy Adipranata)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ because He always
loves me and helps me whenever I need. I realized that without Him, I could not
complete this thesis.
I would like to thank my major sponsor, Fx. Ouda Teda Ena, S.Pd., M.Pd,
and Caecilia Tutyandari, S.Pd., M.Pd, my co-sponsor, who spent their precious
time in guiding and supporting me to finish my thesis.
My thankfulness also goes to Laurentia Sumarni, S.Pd., who has permitted
me to conduct my research in her class, and also to the students of Interactional
Speech Class A and E for their willingness to be my respondents. Then, my special
gratitude goes to my family: my beloved parents, R.M.G. Quintara Adipranata
and Justine Sulistyaningsih, and also my lovely brother, Bertus Adipranata whose
meaningful love and support always make me comfortable in living my precious life.
I also thank Drs. Z. Bambang Darmadi for lending me many books, and giving me
suggestions.
I would like also to thank my best friends: Sindu Lestari, Winny Aditya,
Deni, Palupi, Icha Bochie, Kak Ruri, Runnebelle, Fajar Ana, Mastur, Hannafi
and Wisnu A for sharing our happiness and sadness. My next gratitude goes to
Fredz, for repairing my computer, allowing me to keep my thesis in his computer
and using his internet. I also thank Damianus Aseptriaji Saputra, for his best love
and great support to understand me whenever I feel so depressed.
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My thankfulness also goes to Mas Danang, Andreas Haris, Dono, and
Lintang for their helps, information, and suggestions that motivated me to finish my
thesis.
I would also like to express my appreciation to Secretariat staff of the
English Education Study Program, the Library staff of Sanata Dharma
University; I thank them for their helps and services during my study.
Finally, I also want to express my thankfulness to all people and friends that I
cannot mention here one by one. I am so thankful for our worthy meeting.
Silvestra Maria Indrat Y.A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE ……………………………………………………………………… i
APPROVAL PAGES ……………………………………………………………… ii
DEDICATION PAGE …………………………………………………………….. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………. v
STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ………………………………..….. vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………………. viii
LIST OF APPENDICES ………………………………………………………… x
LIST OF FIGURES ……………………………………………………………… xi
LIST OF TABLES ……………………………………………………………….. xii
ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………… xiii
ABSTRAK ……………………………………………………………………….... xiv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
A. Research Background …………………………………………............. 1
B. Problem Limitation ……………………………………………………. 4
C. Problem Formulation ……………………………………………......... 5
D. Research Objectives ………………………………..………………… 6
E. Research Benefits ……………………………………………….......... 6
F. Definitions of Terms …………………………………………………. 7
CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL REVIEW
A. Theoretical Description ……………………………………………. … 9
1. Perception …………………………………………………………...... 9
2. Factors that affect persons in perceiving the stimuli
to make perception …………………………………………………… 12
a. Stereotype ………………………………………………………….. 12
b. Selectivity ………………………………………………………….. 12
c. Self-concept ……………………………………………………….. 13
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d. Situation …………………………………………………………… 13
e. Need ………………………………………………………………. 14
f. Emotion …………………………………………………………… 14
3. Perception on Learning ………………………………………........... 15
4. Speaking …………………………………………………………….. 16
a. The Teaching of Speaking ………………………………………. 16
b. Role Plays ……………………………………………………….. 17
B. Theoretical Framework ………………………………………………. 20
CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY
A. Method ………………………………………………………………… 22
B. Research Participants ………………………………………….............. 23
C. Setting …………………………………………………………………. 23
D. Research Instrument …………………………………………………… 24
E. Data Gathering Technique …………………………………………….. 27
F. Data Analysis Technique ……………………………………………… 27
G. Research Procedure ……………………………………….................. 30
CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Research Findings …………………………………………………….. 31
1. The Implementation of Role Play ……………………………............ 31
2. Students’ Perceptions on Role Play ………………………………….. 32
B. Discussion …………………………………………………………….. 35
1. The Implementation of Role Play ……………………………………. 35
2. Perceptions on Role Play …………………………………………….. 36
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions …………………………………………………………… 42
B. Suggestions ……………………………………………………........... 44
REFERENCES ….…………………………………………………………… 46
APPENDICES ……………………………………………………………….. 49
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Page
APPENDIX A. OBSERVATION SHEET ……………………………………… 49
APPENDIX B. QUESTIONNAIRE ……………………………………………. 50
APPENDIX C. INTERVIEW …………………………………………………… 52
APPENDIX D. DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRE ……………………………. 53
APPENDIX E. DATA TABULATION ………………………………………… 55
APPENDIX F. CENTRAL TENDENCY DISTRIBUTION …………………… 60
APPENDIX G. CHARTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE …………………………….. 61
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LIST OF FIGURES
Page
Figure 4.1. Students’ perceptions on the use of role play in learning speaking…. 37
Figure 4.2. The students’ perceptions on a good role play ……………………… 38
Figure 4.3. The perceptions on the role play contributions …………………….. 39
Figure 4.4. Students’ experiences in using role play …………………………… 40
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LIST OF TABLES
Page
Table 2.1. The features of a good role play ……………………………….... 18
Table 2.2. Table of Tips to succeed with role plays ………………………. .. 19
Table 3.1. Sample of the Observation Sheet ……………………………… .. 24
Table 3.2. Sample of the Questionnaire Form ……………………………… 26
Table 3.3. Questionnaire Blueprint …………………………………………. 26
Table 3.4. Sample of Frequency and Central Tendency’ Table …………….. 29
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ABSTRACT
Adipranata, Silvestra Maria Indrat Yessy (2009). Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Role Play Technique in Speaking Class in the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University.
This study is aimed at investigating and identifying the students’ perceptions on the use of role play in speaking class in English Education study program of Sanata Dharma University. There are two research problems discussed in this study. They are: 1) How does the implementation of role play technique in speaking class in English Education study program reflect the feature of a good role play? And 2) What are the students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in speaking class in English Education study program?
To solve both research problems, the researcher employed survey study. The instruments used in this study were observation and questionnaire. The researcher also interviewed seven respondents in order to obtain more information, The respondents of this study were 51 first semester students in English Education study program of Sanata Dharma University in the academic year of 2007/2008 who belonged to the speaking A and E classes. The interview guidelines consisted of 5 questions related to the use of role play technique.
Based on the results, there were two conclusions. First, the role play was well implemented. The implementation of the role play technique was in accordance with the theory of a good role play which stated that role play should be based on a familiar situation, allows the students to speak naturally, and develops the students’ creativity. The type of role play which used in this class was a Simple Role Play. The role play implemented by asking the students to make a group to perform the play based on certain topics in which they had already prepared the script and property. Second, all of the students had positive perceptions on the use of role play technique in speaking class. Role play was considered to bring about positive contribution to help them improve their language skills, especially Speaking. Finally, there are some suggestions for the lecturer of Interactional Speech class, the students of Interactional Speech Class and next researchers. The lecturer of Interactional Speech class is expected to select the member of the group, minimize the number of the group’s member, improve the theme of the play and facilitate an outdoor activity. Furthermore, the students of Interactional Speech class are hoped to pay more attention to the pronunciation in their role play performances so that the audience can understand the conversation clearly. Moreover, the next researchers are also hoped to have more preparation and respondents, add more aspects of the role play and be more detailed.
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ABSTRAK
Adipranata, Silvestra Maria Indrat Yessy (2009). Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Role Play Technique in Speaking Class in the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti dan mengetahui persepsi siswa terhadap kegunaan teknik role play dalam kelas Speaking di program studi pendidikan bahasa Inggris Universitas Sanata Dharma. Ada dua pertanyaan yang di bahas yaitu: 1). Bagaimana penerapan teknik role play dalam kelas Speaking di program studi pendidikan bahasa Inggris mencerminkan syarat role play yang baik? dan 2). Apa persepsi siswa terhadap kegunaan teknik role play dalam kelas Speaking di program studi pendidikan bahasa Inggris?
Untuk menjawab semua pertanyaan, peneliti menggunakan studi survai. Adapun instrumen yang digunakan adalah observasi dan kuesioner. Peneliti juga melakukan wawancara terhadap tujuh responden untuk mendapatkan informasi lebih banyak lagi. Responden dari penelitian ini adalah 51 siswa dari semester pertama program studi pendidikan bahasa Inggris Universitas Sanata Dharma dalam tahun akademik 2007/2008 yang mengikuti kelas Speaking A dan E. Wawancara terdiri dari 5 pertanyaan yang berkaitan dengan kegunaan role play.
Dari hasil, diperoleh dua kesimpulan. Pertama, role play diterapkan dengan baik. Penerapan teknik role play sudah sesuai dengan teori tentang role play yang baik yang menyatakan bahwa role play harus didasarkan pada situasi umum, memperbolehkan siswa untuk berbicara secara alami, dan mengembangkan kreatifitas siswa. Tipe role play yang digunakan adalah Simple Role Play. Role play diterapkan dengan cara meminta siswa untuk membentuk kelompok untuk menampilkan drama dengan topik tertentu yang naskah dan perlengkapannya telah mereka persiapkan sebelumnya. Kedua, semua siswa memiliki persepsi positif terhadap penggunaan teknik role play dalam kelas Speaking. Role play dianggap membawa kontribusi yang positif untuk membantu siswa dalam mengembangkan kemampuan berbahasa mereka, khususnya ketrampilan berbicara. Akhirnya, ada beberapa saran yang ditujukan bagi dosen dari kelas Interactional Speech, siswa dari kelas Interactional Speech dan peneliti berikutnya. Dosen dari kelas Interactional Speech diharapkan memilih langsung anggota grup, meminimalkan jumlah anggota kelompok, mengembangkan tema role play dan memfasilitasi kegiatan luar kelas. Disamping itu, siswa-siswa dari kelas Interactional Speech juga diharapkan lebih memperhatikan pelafalan kata dalam penampilan mereka sehingga dapat dipahami jelas oleh penonton. Dan bagi para peneliti berikutnya yang akan melakukan penelitian sejenis, diharapkan punya persiapan lebih lagi dan memperbanyak responden, menambah aspek dari role play dan lebih rinci dalam meneliti.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This research investigates the students’ perceptions on the use of role play in
speaking class. In order to provide detailed information, this chapter consists of six
parts: Research Background, Problem Limitation, Problem Formulation, Research
Objectives, Research Benefits, and Definition of Terms.
A. Research Background
Nowadays, most schools in Indonesia equip their students’ knowledge with
English. In English learning, there are four skills. They are reading, writing, listening
and speaking. Teachers in Indonesia gain some challenging teaching experiences
because English is not used in daily conversations.
There are a lot of factors that can influence learning activities. Two of them are
teaching technique and perception of that technique. There are many techniques in
teaching speaking such as debate, game, discussion, and role play. A teacher can
implement more than one technique to make his teaching interesting. The
implementation of some teaching techniques could influence the students’
enthusiasm in following the class. Furthermore, in School-based curriculum, the
students are asked to be more active in the teaching learning activity. It means that
the students have a significant role to support the classroom activities and the teacher
acts as a facilitator. As the facilitator, teacher should facilitate students to ease and
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attain an effective teaching-learning activity. Meanwhile, the teacher is expected to
pay more attention to the situation of the learning activity. In this condition, the
teacher will be able to determine the teaching styles and classroom techniques.
Learning activities do not always depend on the teacher but also involve the
cooperation between the students and the teacher. In fact, many students find it
frustrating when they have to speak in front of the other students, and commonly
their reason is that they are afraid of making mistakes. They are nervous, panic, and
tend to think that they cannot do that. So, the teacher needs to find the most
appropriate techniques to create an enjoyable classroom. Therefore, by implementing
the appropriate technique is hoped to enable the students to reduce their nervousness,
too.
To fulfill this expectation, certain teaching techniques can be used. However,
sometimes it is not easy for the teachers to create proper techniques in teaching
because every student has his own way to learn which is appropriate to his ability.
For example, some techniques are more suitable for older learners; others are for
young learners, or that some techniques might be more appropriate for those at the
beginning level of language study, but not at intermediate or advanced level. Some
people state that speaking English as a foreign language is rather difficult because the
speakers have to think about the vocabulary, the pattern and how to pronounce the
words at the same time while they are producing the previous sentence. Moreover,
Indonesia does not use English as the second language. Thus, we need to apply the
technique to help the students. Some of the teaching techniques which can reduce the
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nervousness in learning speaking are role play and game. Role play is an excellent
activity for speaking in the relatively safe environment of the classroom. Beside that,
role play also provides learners practice speaking the target language before they
must do in a real environment (Nunan, 2003:57). Therefore, in other words, role play
can help the learners to practice an actual dialogue. Role play technique was also
experienced by the researcher. When experiencing role play for the first time, the
researcher was less confident because through this technique the researcher had to
speak in front of public. However, after experiencing the role play for several times,
the researcher started to enjoy and follow this technique. Moreover, the researcher
found it as a fun activity to practise her English in a natural way.
The other factor that can influence the learning activities is perception.
Perception plays an important part in learning process since it influences someone’s
behavior or attitudes and motivation to learn (Szilagyi and Wallace, 1980:70).
Positive perceptions on the learning activities bring positive behavior and attitude to
have high motivation in learning activities. In other words, what the students think
about the learning activities will affect their attitude during the learning process.
Related to the explanation above, the researcher intended to understand the
implementation of role play in speaking class and to find out the students’
perceptions on the use of role play in speaking class. The researcher is interested to
know whether the students have the same perceptions as the researcher or not. It is
expected that after knowing the students’ perceptions on the use of role play in
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speaking class then the students could have good motivation to make their progress
better.
B. Problem Limitation
Learning English as a foreign language, especially learning to speak, is not easy
because the speakers have just very few opportunities to speak the target language in
daily conversation. Nunan (2003:48) stated that many people feel that speaking in a
new language is harder than other skills. To anticipate this problem, teacher can use
some techniques to teach the students in learning speaking.
Techniques are chosen because they are the most applicable than approach and
method, as it is stated by Anthony in Richards and Rodgers (1986). He says that a
technique is implementational- which actually takes place in a classroom. In general
classroom, the students are not given enough time to practice speaking in more
relaxing situation. As a result, when the students have to speak with native speakers,
the students find it difficult to communicate with them since the students do not have
enough ability to speak English. However, many experts said that there is no certain
explanation that one technique is better than another because each technique has its
own characteristics which differ one from the others. Therefore, the teacher should
be careful in determining the technique to help the students to do the speaking
practice. Group activities seem appropriate because some students may find
difficulties in speaking. Some of them may get shy and some other may be so
talkative that they will dominate the class. For young learners, group activity
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techniques (roles plays, debate and games) can facilitate them to create, promote, and
reinforce behavior that can be conducive to the goals of the classroom learning, so
that it can help them to speak English fluently.
Considering most of new students of university have to face the new situation in
learning, they need a technique which can attract their attention to follow the lessons.
In this study, role play technique is proposed as a technique in learning speaking.
Here, by using role play, students are trained not only to improve their self
confidence but also to learn how to cooperate with someone else. In role play,
everybody will get chance to speak and they will be forced by the condition to speak.
Based on the explanation above, the researcher focuses on the students’
perceptions on the use of role play in speaking class. This research takes place in
Interactional Speech classes in the academic year of 2007/2008 in English education
study program of Sanata Dharma University. The researcher chooses this class
because it applies role play in learning speaking.
C. Problem Formulation
Referring to the explanation above, the researcher formulates the following
research questions:
1. How does the implementation of role play technique in speaking class in the
English Education study program reflect the features of a good role play?
2. What are the students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in
speaking class in the English Education study program?
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D. Research Objectives
Based on the problem formulation, this research aims to understand the
implementation of role play in speaking class technique in the English Education
study program. The second objective is to find out the students’ perceptions on the
use of role play technique in speaking class in the English Education study program.
E. Research Benefits
It is expected that the result of the research will be beneficial for:
1. Students of English Education
The researcher hopes that this research gives positive contribution to the students
of English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. By knowing how
to perform a good role play, they can learn more on many factors in the play and thus
be well prepared before they do the role play in class. Students who have good
understanding and are aware of the contribution of role play to their study in English
Education study program of Sanata Dharma University will have high motivation in
the learning process. This condition leads the students to get a maximum
achievement and to enhance their speaking ability.
2. Lecturers of Interactional Speech Class
By knowing the students’ perceptions on the use of role play, the lecturers of
speaking class are expected to develop the role play technique for their strategy to
improve their students’ achievements. If the students do not have positive perception
on the use of role play, then the lecturer can make this technique more interesting for
the students.
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3. The Researcher
This research also gives some benefits for the researcher since the researcher
also get useful experiences by using role play in speaking class. The researcher as a
future teacher will apply this technique and if necessary make a revision so that the
technique can be applied better.
F. Definition of Terms
There are three terms in this study that particularly need explicit definitions to
avoid misunderstanding in this research.
1. Perception
According to Szilagyi and Wallace (1980:70), perception is defined as a process
by which individuals attend to incoming stimuli, organize, and then interpret such
stimuli into a message that in turn indicates an appropriate action or behavior.
Huffman, Vernoy.M and Vernoy. J (1997:79) stated that perception is the process of
selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory data into usable mental
representations of the world. This means that someone can receive something as a
good or bad perception depends on what they feel in facing the object. Robbins
(2001:121-122) defined perception as a process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
In this study, perception refers to how the students of Interactional Speech I
think, reflect, and give impressions on the use of role play in learning speaking and
its contribution to their learning process.
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2. Role plays
According to Paulstan and Bruder (1976:70), role plays are exercises where the
student is assigned an untrue role from which he has to improvise some kind of
behavior toward the other role character in the exercise. In role-playing, students are
asked to play the part of someone else. Teachers can give details of the characters
and situation that they are supposed to be in, or the students can make their own
character based on the requirements that represent the materials. The students
interact in small groups or in pairs taking different characters. In playing the roles,
they involve their improvisation to make the performance runs in smooth.
In this study, role play is a communicative activity in which the students are
asked to play the some characters. The characters in this role play are usually created
by the students. The students can explore the characters and improvise their speech
based on their creativity.
3. Speaking
According to Nunan (2003:48) speaking is a productive aural/oral skill. It means
that through speaking activities, learners can express their ideas, thoughts and
feelings orally. In this study, speaking is an activity which involved two or more
people act as a speaker and listener to share their thoughts and feelings orally.
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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter includes two parts, namely theoretical description and theoretical
framework. The theoretical description presents some important concepts related to
the research. The concepts are: (1) Perception, (2) Factors that affect person in
perceiving the stimuli to make perception, (3) Perception on Learning, and (4)
Speaking. Moreover, the theoretical framework consists of summary from the
theories that will be used to solve the research problems.
A. Theoretical Description
In this section, the researcher discusses the theory related to this study. There are
three related theories to be viewed. The theories are Perception, Perception on
Learning, and Speaking.
1. Perception
The understanding of perception can be derived from some sources. According
to Worchel and Shebilske (1998:117), perception is the process of interpreting
information. Huffman et al. (1997:79) stated that perception is a process of selecting,
organizing, and interpreting sensory data into usable mental representations of the
world. Moskowitz and Orgel (1969: 158) argued that perception is a global response
to a stimulus or a set of stimuli. According to Szilagyi and Wallace (1980:70),
perception is defined as a process by which individuals attend to incoming stimuli,
organize, and then interpret such stimuli into a message that in turn indicates an
appropriate action or behavior.
From those definitions, perception can be viewed as a conscious mental and
cognitive process of observing, comprehending, and responding about particular
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thing, in which a person tries to translate the stimuli that he or she receives. Those
responses occur in people’s awareness through their sensory receptors. Then, these
responses will be interpreted as meaningful information about the stimuli and so called
perceptions.
Not every person can have exactly the same perception about particular things,
even though the object is the same. It is because people percept something based on
their feeling of subjectivity and their experience in the past. It is supported by Mouly
(1973:93) who said that two persons looking at the same phenomenon may see very
different things. As stated by Wick and Pick (1978: 171-208), there is a connection
between perception and experience. They stated that perception and experience are
related to one another. This condition shows that perception occurs as our responses
in learning or experiencing our environment. According to Gibson J, John M and
James H. Donnely (1985:60), perception is a cognitive process that individuals use to
interpret and understand the world around them. Perception can be made through the
cognitive process in our mind.
Sometimes perception may change and the changes depend on the stimulus that
someone has experienced. Moskowitz and Orgel (1969:159) said that most
perceptions are developed and modified through reinforcement and through feedback
from his own behaviour. It means that perception can change based on the new
experiences that someone recently get. However, perception is not always formed by
someone’s experience. There is another possibility to form perception that is based
on others’ opinion. When the stimulus from others’ opinion is so strong, this
situation could affect someone’s perception without any experience which comes
from him or herself. It means that the perception is created by stimuli received by his
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or her sensory organs (eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin) and the person does not
experience the stimuli directly. From the above explanation, it can be concluded that
perception can also be formed by sensations. When someone experiences a stimulus,
he may have sensation and perception processes. Those processes are different but it
is quite difficult to separate one another. That argument is supported by Bootzin.R,
Elizabeth.L and Robert Z (1983:103). They claimed that it is impossible to separate
perception from sensation. Sensations themselves are the entering of raw data from
the senses into the brain (Huffman et al, 1997:79). This thought is also supported by
James (1983:724) who stated that sensational and reproductive brain-processes
combined, then, are what give us the content of our perceptions.
Now it is understood that both experience and sensation can form perception, but
the result is different. Perception that is formed by experience is stronger than
perception formed by sensation (Santoso, 2000:32). It means that the perception
which is formed by experience is hard to be changed because someone feels more
impressed when he/she experiences it.
In this study, perception refers to the response of role play to form some
meaningful information to the learning process. The students’ perception on the use
of role play technique in learning speaking would be stronger if they experience it by
themselves. The students are really involved in the activity whether as actors or
audiences. Whereas, it would be weaker if they have the perception by listening to
someone’s opinion on the use of role plays in learning speaking. If the students have
positive experience they would form positive perception on the use of role play in
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learning speaking and vice versa. Then, it would be more difficult to change the
perception if the students form their perception based on their experiences and
visions of the technique.
1. Factors that Affect Persons in Perceiving the Stimuli to Make perception
In organizations theory, Gibson et al (1985:61) provides a perceptual process in
the form of diagram, and there are six factors influencing someone’s perception.
They are stereotyping, selectivity, self-concept, situation, needs, and emotions.
a. Stereotype
The first factor is stereotype. Stereotype is a set of thinking in a particular group
that is generalized to all members of the group (Gibson et al, 1985:64). It indicates
that people have set some knowledge in their mind, although they do not know
whether it is true or not. In perception on the use of role play in learning speaking,
stereotype might occur. For example, stereotype with age as the basis. The 2007
students of the English Education Study Program at Sanata Dharma University will
be assumed to have a same perception about it. If they consider role play as a good
technique, they will set this in their mind so they will perceive role play positively.
Most of stereotypes are wrong perceptions because it is formed not because of the
fact that happens in our environment. It is supported by Gibson et al (1985:65) who
says that stereotyping can result in implementing improper programs.
b. Selectivity
The second factor is selectivity. It is impossible for us to catch all the stimuli
that exist in our environment. Only certain stimuli are taken and then processed in
our brain. It is caused by our interest of those stimuli. The perception is based on
something that we want to choose. It is supported by Gibson et al (1985:66) who
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says that people tend to ignore information or cues that might make them feel
discomfort. People will take stimuli that they want but most of the stimuli that they
take are positive for them. People have various interests, so they may select what is
important or relevant to fulfilling their needs. This is why people perceive things
differently.
c. Self-concept
The third factor is self-concept. The way people see themselves in the form of
self-concept will affect their perception about something in their environment. The
way we see and perceive ourselves is an attempt to avoid conflict with incompatible
ideas. It is supported by Mouly (1973:92) who says that we perceive only those
things that are consistent with our motives and goals, and interpret our experiences to
make them compatible with our present self-concept. Gibson et al (1985:67), in his
research, suggests that (1) knowing oneself makes it easier to see others accurately,
(2) one’s own characteristics affect the characteristics identified in others, and (3)
persons who accept themselves are more likely to see favourable aspects of other
people. It indicates that when one person is successful in knowing his/her self-
concept, the perception about something can be seen accurately. The students’ self-
concepts are often performed in their attitudes based on the stimuli which may result
as the feeling of likes and dislikes about certain thing.
d. Situation
The press of time will exactly force the manager to overlook some details, to
rush certain activities and to ignore certain stimuli such as request from other
managers or from superior (Gibson et al, 1985:67). People tend to work quickly
when they do not have much time. Due to time limitation, people pay less attention
to the factor(s), which might affect the outcomes. People become careless in doing
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their activities. They make decision about certain thing without further understanding
or their perceptions towards the problem.
e. Need
Perceptions are significantly influenced by needs and desires (Gibson et al,
1985:67). People will eat what they want to eat, they will see what they want to see,
and they will do everything they want to do. For example, in choosing the teaching
technique, the teacher’s purpose of choosing the technique is to get the most
comfortable one based on the learners’ needs and expectation. Both needs and
expectation influence people in forming perception. It also happens in students’
perception on the use of role play. People will perceive role play as a good technique
if those people need this technique to achieve a certain goal.
f. Emotion
Emotion can influence someone in forming perception. Gibson et al (1985:68)
supports this through his statement that strong emotions often warp perceptions.
Perception formed through experiencing a particular thing can influence the
perception which will be formed in the future. A student who joins a class may have
perception on it. His perception on the learning is good because the lecturer can
make him understand the material. Moreover, the lecturer is kind so most of the
students get an A for the final mark. Because of what the lecturer has done, the
student will not be doubtful to recommend the lecturer to his friends and juniors.
Someone’s expectation also influences the forming of perception. When
someone feels that he gets benefit from something, he will create a good perception
on his mind so he feels motivated in learning. On the other hand, a person will form a
bad perception when he finds that something is not good for him. Something that has
no contribution to fulfil someone’s expectations and need will influence the forming
of bad perception.
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The forming of perception can influence someone’s motivation in doing
something. Wahjosumidjo (1987:174), who says that motivation is a psychological
process, reflects the interaction among attitudes, needs, perception, and decision
made by someone. For instance, a student who has good perception on the use of role
play will feel motivated in learning. It means that good perceptions do not only make
the students more creative in conveying something but also train someone’s
confidence.
2. Perception on Learning
Stern (1987:304) added that learning is a process by which individuals change in
a positively valued direction as a result of experience or practice and under the
influence of environmental factors including teaching. Marton, Dall’Alba, and Beaty
(1993) stated that perception on learning deals with belief and concept. Biggs (1989)
also stated that perception on learning deals with belief about knowledge which
influences students’ approaches to learning. It means that perception on learning
always deals with belief and concept about knowledge (message), which plays as
stimulus from environment.
More specifically, Champbell et al (2001) proposed five elements of language
teaching-learning activities implementation that build students’ perception. Those are
(1) How the teacher teaches the students, (2) What the teacher wants the students to
learn, (3) How the students learn in class, (4) What the students learn, and (5) What
the purposes of learning the language are.
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3. Speaking
a. The Teaching of Speaking
Before discussing teaching of speaking, it is necessary to define what speaking
is, in order to have enough understanding about speaking as a general. Speaking is
the productive aural/oral skill (Nunan 2003:48). Speakers talk in order to have some
effects on their listeners. Speaking skill or oral communication is typified as an
activity involving two or more people as the participants are hearers and speakers
having to react to what they are and make their contributions at high speed (Johnson
and Morrow, 1983:70). Paulstan and Bruder (1976), in her book, defined speaking as
a competency to communicate in the target language.
As cited from Kathleen M. Bailey in Nunan (2003:54-56), there are five
principles in teaching speaking. First, be aware of the differences between second
language and foreign language learning context. A foreign language context is one
where the target language is not the language of communication in the society. It is
very challenging for students who learn English as a foreign language because they
do not have enough opportunities to use English as the target language. A second
language context is one where the target language is the language of communication
in the society. Second, give students practice with both fluency and accuracy. In this
case, the students will have better progress by extensive practice. Third, provide
opportunities for students to talk by using group work or pair work and limiting
teacher talk. Fourth, plan some speaking tasks which involve negotiation for
meaning. The last, design some class activities that involve guidance and practice in
both transactional and interactional speaking. The difference between interactional
and transactional speaking is on the purpose. When the purpose is interactional, it is
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focusing on maintaining and establishing social relationships, but in transactional
speaking the focus is primarily on the meaning of the message. According to Nunan
(1991:42), interactional speech is much more fluid and unpredictable than
transactional speech.
b. Role Plays
According to Paulstan and Bruder (1976:70), role plays are exercises where the
student is assigned an untrue role from which he has to improvise some kind of
behavior toward the other role character in the exercise. They also stated that role
play has four basic elements that are; situations, roles, useful expressions and
background knowledge. Golebiowska (1990:5) confirmed that role play is a
communicative activity in which the learners are given a task to complete. In order to
ensure a lively and unpredictable course of activity, the learners are told who they are
and what their opinions are.
Littlewood (1981:50) said that in role playing, learners are asked to imagine
themselves in a situation that could occur in their daily activities or outside the
classroom. They are asked to adopt a specific role from this situation. They are asked
to act as if the situation really exists.
Albert P’Rayan (2007) stated that a role play is an activity in which the
participants or students of a language course assume the roles of some imaginary
characters and, as a team, create a story based on a situation and enact the play in
front of an audience. Through this activity the students can practise certain language
functions and learn speaking skills. Moreover, he proposed some features of a good
role play as listed in the next page.
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Table 2.1. The features of a good role play (P’Rayan, 2007)
The features of a good role play A good role play is based on a familiar situation. The group of characters does not exceed two to three members. It gives extensive speaking practice to the participants. It is based on real world contexts and allows students to speak naturally. It is interesting and enjoyable. It develops the participants’ creativity. It fosters their critical thinking skills. It breaks monotony and makes other students participate.
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By considering those features, the teachers are expected to understand the
technique of role play and as a result the role play could be used effectively.
Mcguire and Priestly (1981:87-91) stated that there are three types of Role play;
those are Simple Role Play, Modeling Exercise and Structures Role Play. Simple
Role Play is a role play that can be used on fairly simple level, concentrating and
beginning with situation that will be familiar to the learners, and involving only two
or four ‘actors’ at a time. This type of role play has two aims; those are to help those
who are unable to do so to get better at dealing with particular situation, and to
introduce role play as a communicative exercise that can be used to help them learn
to cope with more complex events
The second type of role play is Modeling Exercises. It consists of the role-
played demonstrations of social skill or response by someone who is competent in its
execution for someone who is not. It can be carried out “live” (face to face) or
recorded on video. The last type is called a structures role play. If we want to look at
encounters in which people have more complex sets of expectation, then it is
possible to run role play in which individuals are given more elaborate instruction
about who they are supposed to be and what would like to happen.
In preparing a role play, teacher needs to create an imaginary situation close to
students’ background of knowledge, thus in the role play it must be a fictitious role;
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what should the student act as. Furthermore, in doing the role play, students have to
use the appropriate expressions for their role or imaginary people based on the topic
given. In role plays, students are assigned roles and put into situations that they may
eventually meet outside the classroom. Since role plays imitate life, the range of
language functions that may be used increases considerably. They have to use
language that is appropriate to the situation and to the characters. Students usually
find role playing enjoyable, because they can explore themselves. However, this
activity may not be suitable for students who lack of self-confidence. They may find
it threatening at first and will be unable to produce the target language.
Cited from www.nclrc.org on How to Develop Speaking Ability with Role Play,
it suggested the teachers to consider these following tips.
Table 2.2. Table of Tips to Succeed with Role Plays (Keatley and Kennedy, 2003)
Tips to succeed with role plays: i. Prepare carefully: Introduce the activity by describing the situation and making
sure that all of the students understand it. ii. Set a goal or outcome: Be sure the students understand what the product of the role
play should be, whether a plan, a schedule, a group opinion, or some other product. iii. Use role cards: Give each student a card that describes the person or role to be
played. For lower-level students, the cards can include words or expressions that person might use.
iv. Brainstorm: Before you start the role play, have students brainstorm as a class predicts what vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions they might use.
v. Keep groups small: Less-confident students will feel more able to participate if they do not have to compete with many voices.
vi. Give students time to prepare: Let them work individually to outline their ideas and the language they will need to express them.
vii. Be present as a resource, not a monitor: Stay in communicative mode to answer students’ questions. Do not correct their pronunciation or grammar unless they specifically ask you about it.
viii. Allow students to work at their own levels: Each student has individual language skills, an individual approach to working in groups, and a specific role to play in the activity. Do not expect all students to contribute equally to the discussion, or to use every grammar point you have taught.
ix. Do topical follow-up: Have students report to the class on the outcome of their role plays.
x. Do linguistic follow-up: After the role play is over, give feedback on grammar or pronunciation problems you have heard. This can wait until another class period when you plan to review pronunciation or grammar anyway.
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Based on the previous descriptions, the implementation of role play can be
considered as a good role play when the teacher has implemented the role play
through those steps above.
A. Theoretical Framework
This section discusses the students’ perceptions on the use of role play. Based on
the theory from Szilagyi and Wallace (1980:70), perception is defined as a process
by which individuals attend to incoming stimuli, organize, and then interpret such
stimuli into a message that in turn indicates an appropriate action or behavior.
Students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in speaking class are
important since they influence students’ motivation to learn and behave in the
learning activities. Besides that, the techniques of teaching are also important to
facilitate the teaching-learning process. An appropriate technique would make a good
process.
Since there are a lot of techniques, the teachers should be wise in creating and
selecting those techniques. The researcher considers role play as a suitable technique
to learn speaking because role play fulfil the two principles in teaching speaking out
of five principles mentioned by Kathleen M. Bailey (2003). The first principle is role
plays give students practice both fluency and accuracy, and the second principle is
role plays provide opportunities for students to talk by using group work or pair work
and limit the teacher talk. As a summary, role play does not only give practice
fluency and accuracy but also provides opportunity for students to talk. In this case,
role play should be implemented correctly. To answer the first problem formulation,
this study employed the theory of a good role play stated by Albert P’Rayan. By
considering some tips to succeed with role play as suggested by Kaetley and
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Kennedy (2003) and the features of a good role play proposed by Albert P’Rayan
(2007), it is hoped that role play can help the students to improve their speaking skill.
Role play as a technique in learning speaking also brings some perception for the
students. The students perceive role play as a good technique if they have good
experience about it, while the students perceive role play as a bad technique if they
have negative experience on it. In other words, it can be said that the students
perceive role play as a good or bad technique in learning speaking according to what
they have experienced.
Based on the theories of perception discussed in the theoretical descriptions
section, Gibson et al (1985:61) stated that there are some factors such as stereotype,
self-concept, selectivity, situation, need, and emotion that affect a person in
perceiving the stimuli to make perception. For example, if most students consider
that role play is a good technique to support learning, the students will set this in
their mind. Then, they will perceive role play positively. When a student knows that
he is afraid to speak, he realizes that he should not be afraid to speak, because he will
not get good mark. He needs role play that makes him motivated to speak. In the use
of role play, students will ignore it and give bad perception on it if those students do
not select the stimuli because they do not have any interest on it. If the students enjoy,
feel comfortable, and interested in using role play, they may have positive perception
on it. By having positive or good perceptions on the use of role play, the students
may be helped to have a better speaking practice. Recalling that each student has
different individual characteristics then, the result of students’ perception may be
different from one to the other. After knowing the students’ perceptions on the use of
role play in speaking class, lecturers can be helped in planning the better teaching-
learning activities.
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CHAPTER III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the method of the study and divides it into seven parts.
They are Method, Research Participants, Setting, Research Instruments, Data
Gathering Technique, Data Analysis Technique, and Research Procedure.
A. Method
The method of this study was a qualitative study. According to Ary, Jacobs, and
Razavieh (2002:421), qualitative research focuses on understanding social events
from the perspective of the human participant. The most common data collection
methods used in qualitative study are observation, interview and document analysis.
To be exact, this research was a survey research. Sprinthall R, Gregory S. and Lee S.
(1991:93) defined survey research is designed to gather information from samples by
using questionnaires or, sometimes, interviews. Survey research focused on a group’s
opinions, beliefs, attitudes and or characteristics. The advantage of using this type of
research is that substantial amounts of information can be collected in a relatively short
time.
The qualitative study is employed in order to answer the first problem, how does
the implementation of the role play technique reflect the features of a good role play.
In this case, the researcher conducted some observations. The researcher also
distributed questionnaires and conducted interviews of the purpose to answer the
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second problem formulation, what the students’ perceptions on the use of role play in
speaking class are.
B. Research Participants
The research participants of the study were the students of Interactional Speech
classes in the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University in the
academic year of 2007/2008. The researcher took 51 students of Interactional Speech
class A and E as the research participants. In this case, the researcher employed
purposive sampling because the focus of this research was the first semester students
who take Interactional Speech class and they use role play. As stated by Cohen,
Manion and Morrison (2000:103), purposive sampling belongs to non-probability
samples in which the researchers handpick the cases to be included in the sample on
the basis of their judgement of their typicality. The Interactional Speech class A and
E were chosen because they used role play technique as their teaching-learning
activity. The role play technique enabled the students to work in group and present
their play based on a certain topic. The researcher took those two classes out of six
Interactional Speech classes on account of their accessibility. Moreover, as a plus
point, those two classes were taught by the same lecturer.
C. Setting
This research was conducted in the odd semester in the Academic Year of
2007/2008 starting from October until November 2007. The setting of this study
was the Interactional Speech classes. Each class consisted of approximately 25 – 30
first semester students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata
Dharma University.
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D. Research Instruments
In this study, the researcher used three kinds of instruments; they were
observation, questionnaire and interview.
1. Observation
Observation is the most basic method for obtaining data in qualitative research.
This observation is made to get a comprehensive picture of a situation. The
researcher used checklist to record the data collected in the observation. Ary et al
(2002:234) defined a checklist as the simplest device which presents a list of
behaviours that are to be observed. The researcher constructed 15 statements in this
observation by considering the theory of a good role play and tips to succeed with
role play. The researcher chose some points which related to the purpose to answer
the first problem formulation. The researcher observed the students’ activities during
the learning process by making a check sign (√) in the observation sheet whether
each behavior is present or absent. Through this instrument, the researcher was able
to record many things related to all of the aspects to be observed. Then, the result of
observation was used to compile the statements in the questionnaire.
The researcher divided the observation sheet into three main parts. The first part
(Part A) was the observed aspect during the learning process in class. The second
part or Part B was the students’ activities during the learning process. The third part
(Part C) was the further explanations about the learning process.
Table 3.1. Sample of the Observation Sheets
OBSERVATION SHEET Date: Class: Statements Yes No Notes 1. The students are ready in having
experience the learning process
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2. Questionnaire
According to Ary et al (2002:566) questionnaire is an instrument in which
respondents provide written responses to questions or mark items that indicate their
responses. In this study, the questionnaires were distributed in order to obtain
information from the students about their perception after experiencing the role play.
According to Ary, et al (1979:175), there are two types of questionnaire. They are
structured, or closed type, and unstructured, or open type. The questionnaire used in
this research was a combination between open and closed forms. Singarimbun
(1989:178) defined this kind of questionnaire as a semi-open-ended questionnaire.
The open type items were used to get more information from the students because
they are permitted to answer freely and fully in their own ideas. On the other hand,
the closed type items were used to enable the respondents easy in filling the
questionnaires since the students only have to put a check sign (√) in the provided
space according to their opinions. The researcher compiled the questions based on
some theories of role play.
The questionnaire used for this study was consisted of 23 closed types, and 2
open types. The researcher divided the questionnaire into three parts. The first part
(Part A) consisted of the students’ identification, the second part (Part B) consisted
of the statements list and the third part (Part C) consisted of the students’ opinions.
The questionnaire was in the form of Likert scale. Ary et al (2002:224) stated that a
Likert scale assesses attitudes toward a topic by presenting a set of statements about
the topic and asking respondents to indicate whether they strongly agree, agree, are
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undecided, disagree, or strongly disagree. This scale was used to measure students’
perception on the use of role play in speaking class. The perception measured
whether the respondents strongly agree (SA), agree (A), disagree (D), or strongly
disagree (SD) with the given statement. The researcher omitted the undecided option
in order to avoid misunderstanding because it did not contribute any responses.
Table 3.2. Sample of the Questionnaire Form
Sex: Class: NO STATEMENTS SA A D SD 1. You are interested in the use of role
play in speaking class.
Table 3.3. Questionnaire Blueprint
Question Indicator No. 1-8 The students’ perception of the use of role
play in learning speaking No. 9-12 The perception of a good role play No. 13-17 The perception of the role play
contributions No. 18-23 The students’ experiences in using role
play
3. Interview
The third instrument used in this study was interview. According to Ary et al
(2002:434), interview is used to gather data on subjects’ opinions, beliefs, and
feelings about the situation in their own words. This interview was used in order to
verify the result of the questionnaire. The researcher interviewed seven the students
and the results of the interview would be used in completing the data. The researcher
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conducted the interview by using a tape recorder. The purpose of using a tape
recorder was to reduce the distraction and to make the data could be analyzed more
easily. As stated by Ary et al (2002:434), at least there were three advantages in
using interview. The first advantage is the interviews supply large volumes of in-
depth data rather quickly. The second, interviews provide insight on participants’
perspectives, the meaning of events for the people involved, information about the
site, and perhaps information on unanticipated issues. The last advantage is
interviews allow immediate follow-up and clarification of participants’ responses.
E. Data Gathering Technique
The data of this research was elicited by distributing questionnaires and
interviewing the students. Another technique used to collect data was direct
observation. The researcher conducted the observations twice for each class. It was
employed by observing the students during the teaching-learning process. In
conducting the observation, the researcher used check list to obtain the data. Then,
the researcher distributed the questionnaires. After distributing the questionnaire, the
researcher conducted the interview. The interview used to verify the data of the
students’ perceptions from the questionnaire. The questions added unintentionally
according to the situations.
F. Data Analysis Technique
The data derived from the observation and the interview was integrated and
displayed in descriptive forms, whereas the results of the questionnaire were
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displayed in tables. In answering the first problem formulation, the researcher
analyzed the data from observations by comparing to the theory of a good role play.
Then, to answer the second problem formulation, the researcher distributed the
questionnaire to the 51 students of Interactional Speech class A and E. There were
four values of response to the statement on the questionnaire; 1 was for strongly
disagree (SD), 2 for disagree (D), 3 for agree (A), and 4 for strongly agree (SA).
After classifying the answer, the researcher counted the percentage of each response.
Then, the researcher counted the average of the result for each statement. The
average would determine the major response for each statement. The nature of this
research used both types of data, numbers and words. The presentation of numbers
was aimed at making the description data clearer. This research used Likert scale
because the statements given in the questionnaire were in the form of opinions.
Having gathered the questionnaires, the researcher analyzed them by recording all
the data in the table and discussed them based on the frequency. Then, the data was
described and summarized by using descriptive analysis, for example: the measured
central tendency. The central tendency was used because the function of survey study
was to find out the tendency of the respondents toward the statements presented.
The scores of the questionnaires were calculated using descriptive statistics to the
source of variance. The source of variance was consisted of four things, that were,
number of cases, mean, mode, and median. Modus was the score that occurs most
frequently in the set of scores. Median was the middle point occurs in the set of scores.
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Mean or average point was the indicator of central tendency of the set of score. The
formula for getting the mean was:
X = ΣX
N
X = Mean
X = Raw score
Σ = The sum of score
N = Number of cases (number of respondents)
The frequency and central tendency could be recorded in a table as follow:
Table 3.4. Sample of Frequency and Central Tendency’s Table
Respondents’ opinions Central Tendency
N Mean Median Mode
Notes:
N = Number of cases (the number of respondents)
Mean = Mean (indicators of central tendency of the set of sources)
Median = Median (middle point that occurs in the set of scores)
Mode = Mode (score that occurs most frequently in the set of scores)
The average scores of the respondents reflected the kinds of perceptions on the
use of role play in learning speaking they had. The score which ranged from 1.00
until 2.49 was considered as the negative or bad perception on the use of role play in
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learning speaking, while the score which ranged from 2.50 until 4.00 was considered
as the positive or good perception on the use of role play in learning speaking.
G. Research Procedure
This study was done through four steps. The first step was doing some
observation started from October 26, 2007. The second step was making and
distributing the questionnaire. It consisted of finding the relevant statements to
answer the problems. The respondents were asked to answer the statement related to
their experiences by putting a thick ( ) in the column. The researcher distributed the
questionnaire on Wednesday (November 14, 2007) and Friday (November 16, 2007).
However, before distributing the questionnaire, the researcher asked the lecturer’s
permission first. The third step was doing the interview. The interview was
conducted on Friday (November 24, 2007) and the researcher asked seven students to
be interviewed. The last step was analyzing the result of the observation,
questionnaire and the interview. After analyzing the data, the researcher obtained
information that can be used to answer the research problems based on the students’
perception.
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CHAPTER IV
RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter is divided into two main parts, they are: Research Findings and
Discussion. The Research Findings consist of data taken from the implementation of
role play in speaking class, and the data from students’ perceptions on the use of role
play in speaking class. Then, in the second part, the researcher presents the
discussion on the implementation of role play and the students’ perceptions on the
use of role play in speaking class.
A. Research Findings
1. The Implementation of Role Play
To answer the first research problem as stated in chapter I, the researcher
conducted some observations on Interactional Speech I class. In conducting the
observations, the researcher used check lists to gather data based on the theory of the
features of a good role play and tips to succeed with role play. By using this
instrument, the activities in the classrooms during the teaching-learning activity were
noted. Check lists were used to check the aspects of learning needed. The
observations were used to answer the first question, that is, how the implementation
of role play technique reflects the features of a good role play.
From the observations, the researcher found out that the quality of role play was
good. The implementations of role play was in accordance with the features of a
good role play and tips to succeed with role play which stated that role play should
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be based on a familiar situation, allows the students to speak naturally, and develops
the students’ creativity. The type of role play which used in this class was Simple
Role Play. The researcher found the fact that the role play was conducted by
performing a drama that the students had prepared before. In this condition, the
lecturer gave the instruction to make a group of seven students at the most to choose
the topic that they had to perform in the next meeting. The students were also asked
to make their own script, properties, and all supporting equipment. Sometimes, the
lecturer gave a certain topic and also let the students choose their own topic
independently. However, each group could not have the same topic to be performed.
From this observation, the researcher also invented that the students enjoyed learning
speaking through role play. The students could feel free to interact with their friends.
They were also very creative to perform their play by making some properties,
scripts, and sound effects even though they still mixed the language between
Javanese and English. Sometimes when they found difficulty in finding certain
English words for their conversation, automatically they substituted it with Javanese
or Indonesian words.
1. Students’ Perceptions on Role Play
The description of data from questionnaire indicated that the students of
Interactional Speech class were interested in using role play. Almost all of the
respondents (98.1%) elected “Strongly Agree” and “Agree”. The students considered
role play as an interesting technique in their class. They enjoyed learning speaking
through role play although it was new for them. The role play challenged the students
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because it trained them to speak English in every meeting they had. More than a half
of the total respondents (66.7%) chose “Strongly Agree” and “Agree” to the
statement number seven (You feel confident in presenting the play). However, some
of them (33.3%), 17 respondents, did not feel confident in presenting the play so that
they were not able to present the material very well. The students still felt shy or
nervous to speak in front of the class.
According to Albert P’Rayan in “Role play games in English class”, the
students’ creativity could be developed through role play that allowed them to use
their imagination so that they could create a fun play. As the data from questionnaire
in this research, twenty eight respondents (54.9%) chose “Strongly Agree” and
twenty three respondents (45.1%) chose “Agree” as their answer. In the other words,
it was proven that all of the respondents (100%) believed that role play could
develop their creativity. This fact indicated that none of them chose “Strongly
Disagree” or “Disagree” options against this statement.
As stated by Paulstan and Bruder (1976:70), role plays are exercises where the
student is assigned an untrue role from which he has to improvise some kind of
behaviour toward the other role character in the exercise. Then, the students were
helped to practise speaking and learn the language. From the total respondents, one
respondent (1.9%) disagreed that the role play gave them more experiences. This
data showed that there were 50 respondents (98.1%) got new experience through role
play.
The students considered role play as a beneficial thing for them and they also
believed that role play was effective to help them in learning speaking. The students
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felt motivated to learn speaking through role play. It was shown by the data that
90.3% of the respondents (46 students) agreed on the statement that the students
were motivated to speak because of the use of role play. They also believed that they
could speak more actively (92.2%).
Some of the total respondents (80.4%) also agreed that their progress in learning
speaking by using role play was better than before. It was probably because of the
benefits they got through role play technique. Moreover, the students believed that
their speaking skills were also improved. There were 46 respondents (90.2%) of the
total respondents who agreed that through role play they could improve not only their
speaking fluency but also their speaking accuracy. It was supported by the data that
38 respondents (74.5%) felt that their speaking accuracy was improved through role
play.
The data also showed that the respondents learned some new expressions or
vocabulary used in role play. They could understand the meanings of the vocabulary.
It was important for the students to understand the meaning because in learning
speaking the students had to know the meaning of each word spoken. As a result,
when the students took part in the conversation of the play they conducted, they
could speak up easily to express their role.
From the additional data obtained, most of the respondents also gave their
opinions on how to make a good role play. They suggested that the players should
have a lot of practice, be well-prepared and more serious so that the role play they
played could give them a lot of benefits such as improving their speaking skill and
getting an opportunity to learn new expressions and vocabulary.
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The same as the result from questionnaire, the central tendency showed that the
mean score of the respondents was three point eleven (3.11). To count the mean
score, the researcher counted the average score from all of the respondents and then
divided the score by the total number of the respondents. For the median score, the
result was 3.00. Furthermore, the mode was 3.00 and there were 13 respondents
whose mean score was 3.00. Besides counting the average score of each respondent,
the researcher also counted the average score based on the questions categories. As
stated in the questionnaire blueprint, there were four categories in this questionnaire.
The first one category was based on the students’ perceptions of the use of role play
in learning speaking. The second one was based on the students’ perceptions of a
good role play. The third one was based on the students’ perceptions on the role play
contributions toward the students’ speaking ability. And the last one was based on
the students’ experiences on the use of role play in speaking class as the player.
B. Discussion
1. The Implementation of Role Play
In the Interactional Speech class, the role plays were conducted by performing
some stories that the students had prepared before. The students might make the
stories based on their imagination or adapt the stories from movies or fairy tales. The
group consisted of seven students at the most and usually the students could make a
group on their own. Besides making their own stories, the students also had to
provide their group with some properties which were suitable for their story.
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At a glance, the students’ performances were good. They could entertain the
audience by making some improvisations. However, if we paid more attention to
their performances then we knew that there were some mistakes. Commonly, their
mistakes were on grammar and pronunciation. After the students had performed their
play, the lecturer gave a few comments on the students’ performances as a feedback.
By knowing their mistakes, it was hoped that the students could make their next
performance better.
Reviewing the features of a good role play and tips to succeed with role play in
chapter II, the implementation of role play in Interactional Speech class was
considered good. Before the students performing the role play, the lecturer stated the
goal and gave clear instructions about the role play. Since the students were assigned
to think about the play a week before, it was assumed that the script and property
were already prepared. However, the weakness was laid on the number of the
group’s member. The theory said that the group’s member should be in small number
or three members as the maximum but on the contrary, the fact showed that each
group consisted of seven members.
2. Perceptions on Role Play
From the 23 questions listed in the questionnaire, there were 4 categories as
stated in the questionnaire blueprint. The researcher counted the average score of
each category based on the chosen options. Most of the respondents had good
perceptions on the use of role play. It was shown from the most majority options
were “Strongly Agree” and “Agree”.
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0,5%
65,9%
22,1% 11,5%1
2
3
4
To be detailed, the researcher presented the result of the average score. The first
category was based on the students’ perceptions on the use of role play in learning
speaking.
Figure 4.1. Students’ Perceptions on the Use of Role Play in Learning Speaking.
The figure 4.1 described that most of the respondents had good perceptions on
the use of role play in learning speaking. It was shown by the part number 3 that
specified 34 respondents (65.9%) chose “Agree” and 12 respondents (22.1%) chose
“Strongly Agree” option (number 4). As a conclusion, there were only a small
number of respondents who had negative perceptions on the use of role play in
learning speaking. As much as 6 respondents (11.5%) chose “Disagree” and only 1
respondent (0.5%) chose “Strongly Disagree”. It was proved by number 2 and
number 1. This category consisted of eight questions.
The second category was about the students’ perceptions on a good role play. In
this category, the respondents agreed the criteria of a good role play said by Albert
P’Rayan in his article titled “Role play games in English class”, which stated that a
good role play should be based on a familiar situation, gives extensive speaking
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59,3%
37,8%0%
2,9%
1
2
3
4
practice to the participants, allows students to speak naturally, and develops the
participants’ creativity
.
Figure 4.2. The Students’ Perceptions on a Good Role Play
Similar to the previous descriptions, this category which consisted of four
questions also had positive responses from the respondents. The examples of the
statement were: Role play should be conducted based on a familiar situation, Role
play gives extensive speaking practice, Role play allows students to speak naturally,
and Role play develops the students’ creativity. Number 4 “Strongly Agree” option
and number 3 “Agree” option were chosen by almost all of the respondents. As much
as 20 respondents (37.8%) chose “Strongly Agree” and 31 respondents (59.3%)
chose “Agree” in this category. This data showed that most of the respondents agreed
to statement of a good role play. It showed that they had a good perception of a good
role play. Meanwhile, there were 2 respondents (2.9%) who disagreed to this
category.
The third category was based on the students’ perceptions on the role play
contributions. This category consisted of five questions.
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11,5%
68,7%
19,8%0%
1
2
3
4
Figure 4.3. The Perceptions on the Role Play Contributions
The figure 4.3 showed that most of the respondents believed role plays
contribute beneficial effects to them in learning speaking. The data revealed that
there were some advantages brought by the role play. Here, the students believed that
role play was beneficial for them. There were 35respondents (68.7%) chose “Agree”
(number 3) and 11 respondents (19.8%) chose “Strongly Agree” (number 4) to this
category. And the rest of the respondents (11.5%), 6 students, chose number 2
“Disagree” and none of them chose number 1 “Strongly Disagree” (0%).
The first advantage was that role play helped them to practice their speaking
ability more often and deeply. It could be probably due to that there were many
aspects could be increased through role play such as, grammar, pronunciation, and
vocabulary. Besides that through role play, they could also give some expressions to
each sentence they spoke. It was supported by the questions from the questionnaire
number 20 up to 23. The majority of them had the similar opinion or agreed to each
statement. The second was the mentality aspect. Through role play they could
develop their mental so that they did not feel afraid to speak in front of people. It was
supported by questions number 9, 16, and 17.
For question number 9, as much as 36 respondents (94.1%) agreed to this
statement. Whereas for question number 16, From 51 respondents, there were 5
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0% 22,1%
58,8%
19,1%1
2
3
4
respondents (10%) chose “disagree”, 37 respondents (72%) chose “agree”, and 9
respondents (18%) chose “strongly agree”. It specified that most of the respondents
felt motivated to speak by using role play. Furthermore, in the questionnaire result of
number 17, showed that 12 respondents (24%) chose “strongly agree”, 29
respondents (56%) chose “agree”. It was concluded that the majority of the
respondents believed that role play could help them to have a better progress learning
by reinforcing the students’ self confidence.
Moreover, the third advantage was that the role play could give them enough
space to develop their creativity. They could do some improvisations when they
forgot the part of the dialogue that they had to speak up. They also could make their
own properties to support their performance in playing their role so it can attract the
audience to pay attention during the play. It was supported by the data showed in the
result of questionnaire number 15. There were 100% from the respondent answered
that role play developed their creativity. It showed that they were not forced to do
this kind of activity. As soon as the students accepted this technique, they could do
the best of them because they perceived the role play as an interesting and exciting
technique in learning speaking.
Figure 4.4. Students’ Experiences in Using Role Play
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For the last category, more than 50% respondents chose “Agree” to each
statement on this category. It was shown by number 3 that indicates “Agree” option,
there were 30 respondents (58.8%). However, none of the respondents (0%) chose
“Strongly Disagree” option (number 1). Furthermore, number 2 indicated “Disagree”
option which was chosen by 12 respondents (22.1%). And the last option was
“Strongly Agree” (number 4) with 10 respondents (19.1%). For additional
information, there were four questions in this category.
From the result of questionnaire, the answers were also divided into two types of
groups. One group had a good or positive perception which had average score in
range 2.50 up to 4.00, and the rest was a group that had a bad or negative perception
which had average score in range 1.00 up to 2.49. First of all, the researcher
categorized the data based on the indicator stated in questionnaire blueprint. After
that, the researcher makes the data tabulation to make the calculation easier. Then,
from the calculated data, the researcher found out that all of the respondents had
good or positive perception on the use of role play in their speaking class. It was
supported by the data that showed the minimum score was 2.50 and the maximum
score was 3.70. The central tendency data showed that the most frequent score was
3.00, and the number of this group was 13 respondents.
The students who had good perception on the use of role play in speaking class
were able to enjoy doing the play. Moreover, by doing the play, they felt that it gave
them benefits to practice their speaking skill to make improvement in their learning.
The students also interpreted role play as a good, interesting, and exciting learning
technique.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter presents two parts, namely conclusions and suggestions. The first
part deals with the conclusions of the research. The second part deals with the
suggestions for the students, lecturers, and next researchers.
A. Conclusions As stated in chapter I, this study was aimed at understanding the process of role
play technique in learning speaking and finding out the students’ perceptions on the
use of role play technique in speaking class. From the observations, the researcher
found out that the quality of the role play implementation was good. The
implementations of role play technique was in accordance with the features of a good
role play and tips to succeed with role play which stated that role play should be
based on a familiar situation, allows the students to speak naturally, and develops the
students’ creativity. The type of role play which used in this class was Simple Role
Play. The students were asked to perform the role play which they had prepared
before. The topic of role play was decided either by the lecturer or by the students.
However, each group could not have the same topic. Besides that, the students were
also asked to make their own script and property. Obviously, the students’ creativity
was truly needed. It was also found that students enjoyed their learning technique.
Although, sometimes they had difficulty in the language such as in the pronunciation
and word choice but they could still perform their play well. The only weakness was
in the number of group’s member. The number of group’s member was too big.
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The results of questionnaire and interview which were used to answer the second
research problem showed that all of the students’ perceptions on the use of role play
technique in speaking class were good or positive. It means that 51 students had 2.50
until 4.00 range score. In the first category that based on the students’ perceptions of
the use of role play technique in learning speaking, as much as 45students (88%) had
good perceptions by selecting “Agree” and “Strongly Agree” option in this category.
The second category which was about the students’ perceptions on a good role play,
gained some positive responses from the students. There were 49 students (97,1%)
who agreed with the criteria of a good role play proposed in this category. Then, for
the category which asked the students’ perceptions of the role play contributions, the
result showed that most of the students (88,5%) agreed that role play had some
contributions to help them in learning speaking. Moreover, the last category which
consisted of statements based on the students’ experiences in doing the role play also
showed that 40 students (77,9%) had good perceptions on it.
As seen on the result of the questionnaire, it could be concluded that the
majority of the respondents had positive perceptions on each category of the
statements in the questionnaire. The students also enjoyed having role play as the
technique. They could get some benefits through this technique such as improving
the students’ self-confidence to speak in front of public and expressing their own
ideas. Whereas from the interview, the researcher concluded that the role play
technique helped the students to improve their speaking abilities so that they could
speak more naturally and practice more to speak up in the target language. The
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students also interpreted role play as a good, interesting and exciting learning
technique.
Overall, the students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in speaking
class were good. It was proved by the average score of each respondent that was
around 2.50 until 3.70. Those scores were included to the positive or good perception
classification.
A. Suggestions
Based on the conclusions stated above, the researcher makes the following
suggestions:
1. The lecturers of Interactional Speech class
Although the students already have positive or good perceptions on the use of
role play technique in speaking class, it is better if the lecturers give clearer
instructions and be strict in deciding the group. The lecturers should minimize the
group size and select the members by his authority so that the students will not have
the same group all the time. It is intended to build the students’ confidence and avoid
the students’ tending to make closed group that can distract the learning process. The
lecturers should also improve the theme of the role play or facilitate an outdoor
activity to avoid the monotonous situation.
2. The students of the Interactional Speech class
The students who join Interactional Speech class believed that role play
technique could give them a lot of advantages. Through this research, the students
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were asked to give their opinions based on the listed statements. Generally, their
perceptions were positive. Through role play, the students could improve their
speaking ability and motivate them to speak more. They may practice the role play
more often to make themselves familiar with the process and situation.
By knowing the role play contributions for them, the researcher suggests that the
students should pay more attention to the pronunciation in their role play
performances so that audience can understand the conversation clearly.
3. Next researchers
The researcher realizes that due to the limited time, this research is far from
perfect. However, it is better to have more preparation and respondents to enrich the
results if one day there is a research on the similar topic. The next researchers should
add more aspects of the role play technique and be more detailed.
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APPENDIX A OBSERVATION SHEET
Meeting: Date : 26 October 2007 Class :
No Statement Yes No Notes
1 The students are ready in experiencing the learning process
√ Made their own
properties 2 The students pay attention to the lecturer’s
explanations/instructions √
3 The students respond to the activity enthusiastically
√
4 The lecturer corrects the students’ pronunciation and grammar mistakes.
√
5 The group is small √
6 The students are willing to be cooperative in the activity
√
7 The students ask questions in English √ Not always
8 The students answer the questions in English √ Not always
9 The students are cooperative in preparing the role play
√
10 The students are eager to speak in English during the activity
√
11 The students are creative in doing the role play √
12 The students speak English actively in class √ Mix the language
13 The students are confident in performing the play √
14 The quality of the conversation is understandable √
15 The students’ ability to improvise the role play is good
√
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APPENDIX B
QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear friends, This questionnaire is aimed at finding out the students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in Speaking class. Read the statements carefully and give your response on each statement by putting a tick mark (√) in the column which corresponds to the degree of agreement listed (SA: Strongly Agree, A: Agree, D: Disagree, SD: Strongly Disagree). Please state your perceptions based on your own feeling, attitude, and experience.
Class: St. Number: No. Statements SA A D SD1. You are interested in the use of role play in speaking class 2. You enjoy having role play 3. You agree that role play is an effective technique to learn speaking 4. The material in your class is suitable to be taught through role play 5. You feel challenged to speak when your class conducts the role play 6. You feel satisfied in using role play 7. You feel confident in presenting the play 8. You are able to present the material very well in your play 9. Role play should be conducted based on a familiar situation 10. Role play gives extensive speaking practice to the students 11. Role play allows students to speak naturally 12. Role play develops the students’ creativity 13. You get more experience through role play 14. Through role play, you can be more active to speak
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15. You are more motivated to speak by using role play 16. You believe that you can get a better progress in learning by having role
play
17. You can have more practice to speak when using role play 18. You pay attention when your friends perform their play 19. You learn some new expressions used in your friends’ play 20. Your speaking fluency has improved through role play 21. Your speaking accuracy has improved through role play 22. You can have pronunciation practice fluency through role play 23. You always prepare the play very well when you act as the player
Write down your answer!
1. In your opinion, what is the feature of a good role play?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What is your suggestion to improve the performance of role play?
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION
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APPENDIX C INTERVIEW
1. Bagaimana pendapat siswa terhadap penggunaan role play?
Jawab: Bagus untuk mengekspresikan bakat sandiwara drama, menunjang
kegiatan speaking, sarana kreatifitas, latihan mental, mengembangkan
kemampuan, dan latihan pronunciation.
2. Dalam hal apa role play melatih skill speaking siswa?
Jawab: Untuk penguasaan karakteristik peran, melatih kelancaran, melatih
keberanian, melancarkan conversation, melatih ekspresi, melatih fluency dan
pronunciation.
3. Selain role play, teknik apa lagi yang siswa harapkan dalam pembelajaran?
Jawab: Praktek conversation dengan orang asing.
4. Kesusahan apa yang sering siswa temui dalam menggunakan role play?
Jawab: Pronunciation, pemilihan kata, menghafalkan script, dan sering malu.
5. Saran-saran untuk role play selanjutnya?
Jawab: Bisa dipentaskan diluar ruang kelas, lebih melatih pronunciation, dan
script sudah disediakan.
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APPENDIX D DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRE
No Statements SA A D SD 1. You are interested in the use of role
play in Speaking class 19
(37.3%) 31
(60.8%) 1
(1.9%) -
2. You enjoy having role play 11 (21.6%)
39 (76.5%)
1 (1.9%)
-
3. You agree that role play is an effective technique to learn speaking
17 (33.3%)
29 (56.9%)
5 (9.8%)
-
4. The material in your class is suitable to be taught through role play
8 (15.7%)
34 (66.6%)
9 (17.7%)
-
5. You feel challenged to speak when your class conducts role play
12 (23.5%)
36 (70.6%)
3 (5.9%)
-
6. You feel satisfied in using role play 5 (9.8%)
39 (76.5%)
6 (11.8%)
1 (1.9%)
7. You feel confident in presenting the play
7 (13.8%)
27 (52.9%)
16 (31.4%)
1 (1.9%)
8. You are able to present the material very well in your play
5 (9.8%)
22 (43.1%)
24 (47.1%)
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9. Role play should be conducted based on a familiar situation
16 (31.4%)
33 (64.7%)
2 (3.9%)
-
10. Role play gives extensive speaking practice to the player
11 (21.6%)
39 (76.5%)
1 (1.9%)
-
11. Role play allows students to speak naturally
22 (43.1%)
26 (51%)
3 (5.9%)
-
12. Role play develops the students’ creativity
28 (54.9%)
23 (45.1%)
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13. You get more experience through role play
15 (29.4%)
35 (68.7%)
1 (1.9%)
-
14. Through role play, you can be more active to speak
14 (27.5%)
33 (64.7%)
4 (7.8%)
-
15. You are more motivated to speak by using role play
9 (17.7%)
37 (72.6%)
5 (9.8%)
-
16. You believe that you can get a better progress in learning by having role play
12 (23.5%)
29 (56.9%)
10 (19.6%)
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17. You can have more practice to speak when using role play
10 (19.6%)
40 (78.5%)
1 (1.9%)
-
18. You pay attention when your friends perform their play
13 (25.6%)
34 (66.6%)
4 (7.8%)
-
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19. You learn some new expressions used in your friends' play
21 (41.2%)
28 (54.9%)
2 (3.9%)
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20. Your speaking fluency has improved through role play you play
5 (9.8%)
41 (80.4%)
5 (9.8%)
-
21. Your speaking accuracy has improved through role play you play
1 (1.9%)
37 (72.6%)
13 (25.5%)
-
22. Your can have pronunciation practice through role play you play
9 (17.7%)
35 (68.6%)
7 (13.7%)
-
23. You always prepare the play very well when you act as the player
6 (11.8%)
29 (56.8%)
16 (31.4%)
-
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APPENDIX EDATA TABULATION
3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 32 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 34 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 32 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 32 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 42 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 41 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 21 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 23 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 33 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 33 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 43 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 43 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 43 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 42 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 22 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 43 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 43 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 33 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 32 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 22 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 23 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 32 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 3
2,478261 3 2,869565 3,173913 3,217391 3 2,956522 3,173913 3,434783 2,869565 3 2,956522 3,130435
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3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 43 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 33 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 44 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 43 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 32 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 2 33 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 33 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 34 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 44 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 43 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 44 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 43 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 43 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 44 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 43 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 33 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 33 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 3
3,173913 3,478261 3,043478 2,826087 3,043478 3,130435 3 3,652174 2,826087 3,434783
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4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 33 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 43 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 33 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 34 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 34 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 43 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 33 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 43 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 44 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 34 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 44 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 23 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 43 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 34 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 33 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 33 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 4
3,304348 2,869565 2,913043 2,869565 2,782609 3,043478 3,304348 3 3,043478 2,913043 2,695652 3,26087
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3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 43 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 44 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 44 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 44 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 43 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 42 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 32 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 34 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 44 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 34 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 44 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 44 3 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 44 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 44 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 34 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 44 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 44 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 32 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 34 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 33 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3,521739 3,26087 2,782609 3,173913 3,347826 3,26087 3,478261 3,086957 3,130435 3,695652 3,565217 3,608696
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3 3 3 33 4 3 33 3 3 32 3 2 33 3 3 33 3 2 33 3 4 32 3 3 42 3 2 33 3 3 43 3 2 33 3 3 33 3 3 33 3 2 33 3 2 33 3 3 43 3 3 42 4 3 43 4 3 43 2 2 33 2 2 33 3 2 32 3 3 4
2,782609 3,043478 2,652174 3,304348
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APPENDIX F CENTRAL TENDENCY DISTRIBUTION
No. Questionnaire Scores
N Mean Median Mode 1. 51 3.35 3.0 3.0 2. 51 3.18 3.0 3.0 3. 51 3.25 3.0 3.0 4. 51 2.96 3.0 3.0 5. 51 3.16 2.0 3.0 6. 51 2.98 3.0 3.0 7. 51 2.75 3.0 3.0 8. 51 2.57 3.0 2.0 9. 51 3.27 3.0 3.0 10. 51 3.20 3.0 3.0 11. 51 3.37 3.0 3.0 12. 51 3.55 3.0 4.0 13. 51 3.27 3.0 3.0 14. 51 3.20 3.0 3.0 15. 51 3.08 3.0 3.0 16. 51 3.04 3.0 3.0 17. 51 3.18 3.0 3.0 18. 51 3.18 3.0 3.0 19. 51 3.37 3.0 3.0 20. 51 3.00 3.0 3.0 21. 51 2.78 3.0 3.0 22. 51 3.04 3.0 3.0 23. 51 2.80 2.0 3.0
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