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Table 2.1. The features of a good role play P’Rayan, 2007 The features of a good role play ƒ A good role play is based on a familiar situation. ƒ The group of characters does not exceed two to three members. ƒ It gives extensive speaking practice to the participants. ƒ It is based on real world contexts and allows students to speak naturally. ƒ It is interesting and enjoyable. ƒ It develops the participants’ creativity. ƒ It fosters their critical thinking skills. ƒ It breaks monotony and makes other students participate. . 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; PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 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,