Definition of Perception Perception

12 their background knowledge in addition to acquiring new information about the character in order to better play the role Lloyd, 1998. In role-playing, the student is representing and experiencing a character which is known in everyday life Scarcella and Oxford, 1992. The use of role- playing emphasizes personal concerns, problems, behavior, and active participation. It improves interpersonal skills Teahan, 1975, improves communication skills Huyack, 1975, and enhances communication Ettkin Snyder, 1972. In role play, the students need to imagine a role, context, and improvise a conversation. One of the benefits of role play is that it allowsthe students to express who they are, their sense of humor, and their personal communication style Doff, 1992. According to Hawley 1975 the benefits of role play can be derived in terms of five general and overlapping categories: problem solving, rehearsing, reporting, developing empathy, and managing the class. Furthermore, Poorman 2002 claims that role play as a teaching strategy offers several advantages for both the teacher and the students. Firstly, student’s interest in the topic is raised. Integrating experiential learning activities in the classroom increases the interest in the subject matter and the understanding of the content. Secondly, it is increasingthe involvement on the part of the students in a role playing lesson. The students are not passive recipients. The third advantage is that role play can built the students ’ empathy and understanding of different perspectives. 13

3. Teaching Speaking

Rivers 1968 states that teaching speaking skill is more demanding on the teacher than teaching other language skills. The teacher needs to give many opportunities for the students to practice their speaking skill. When the teacher provides more complicated matter of foreign speech to be answered, the learners’ speaking ability will be more developed too. The teacher will need to use the imagination in devising situations which lead the students to the use of the language in the expression of their own meaning. Sometimes people feel afraid or nervous to speak in front of many people or a large group, for example, in front of a class. Davies 2000 states that some strategies for teaching speaking: the first is creating relaxed atmosphere in the class, so the students will not be frightened to speak in front of the class. At the beginning, do speaking activities as many as possible in pairs or in groups so they will speak with smaller groups of people; this is used to build up their confident before speaking in front of the whole class. The second is speaking in natural pronunciation and add some pronunciation work into the lesson. The third is gettinglearners to combine listening and speaking in natural interaction.

B. Theoretical Framework

This study focuses on students’ perception on the use of role play technique in Speaking II class. In order to identify the result of this study, the researcher needs to search theories related to the topics of the study that are stated