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.
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 auraloral 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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