ADVANTAGES OF ROLE PLAY METHOD IN TEACHING SPEAKING IN ESL CLASSES

This article analyses the importance and advantages of role-play methods in teaching speaking skills as a one of the essential skill in ESL classes and its importance on learner’s acquiring language. In this article, as well as I will outline several different reasons for using role play in the classroom and I will offer some tips for getting the most suitable out of role play. Role playing  is one of the large amount of drama activities which can be listed as a successful educational technique in the foreign language class because of  present some important characteristics  for its teaching : easy organization, flexibility , it can be open ended , it’s funny, it supplies a lot of different experiences , it helps  students to deal with some social skills of language and it helps  to remember of new  vocabulary, expressions , word order and grammar