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how well the speakers deliver the message to the addressee. It means that the main focus of this function is on the message not on the participants.
The last function of speaking skill is as a performance. According to Richards 2008, this function refers to public speech. It means that this function
wants to build the public speaking skills of the speakers. This function is focused on the content of the message which wanted to be delivered by the speakers to the
audiences, and the audience itself.
2.1.4 Role Play
Role play is one of the teaching techniques which can be used in language learning process, especially in English learning process. There are some
definitions about role play based on experts’ opinion. According to Livingstone 1983, role play is a classroom activity which gives the students the opportunity
to practice the language they may need outside the classroom. Role Play can be an effective technique to create the teaching and learning atmosphere become more
interesting. According to Lucatoni 2002, role play can be enjoyable for learners and provide excellent opportunities for using language in real life situations. It
helps students to develop their speaking fluency in their real life. According to Larsen and Freeman 1986, role play is an important thing in the communicative
approach because it gives students an opportunity to practice communicating different social contexts and roles. As what had been stated by Doff 1990, that
role play is a way to bring some situations from the real life into the classroom activity.
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Doff 1990 also explained some benefits about the use of role play as a teaching technique and classroom activity. These are some benefits of the use of
role play as a teaching technique and classroom activity according to Doff 1990. The first benefit of role play is that role play is a fun technique. The second
benefit is that role play allows the students to have some experiments with language they have learned. The students will have a chance to apply some kind
of expressions which is usually used in target language conversation. The third benefit is that role play provides a special opportunity to go
beyond what has been taught in class and to draw on the full range of their language competencies. It gives the students a great chance to apply what they
have learned in the class. The students also can make some improvements in their role play performances. The fourth benefit is that role play engages the learner
physical activity. By having role play as a learning activity in the class, it forced the students to have some kind of physical activities. When the students have their
role play performances, they have to act as the role that they are played. The next benefit is that role play provides a context for understanding
attitudes, expectations, and behavior related to the target culture. Before the students have their performances, they have to understand the culture background
of their role. By understanding the culture background of their role in the role play, the students are expected to be able to have a good role play performance.
The other benefits is that role play allows students to express who the students are, students’ sense of humors, and the students’ personal communication style.
As one of the teaching technique, role play allows the students to express
