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6. Acting out a role-play.
Evaluation of a role-play is done from the position of its
presentation focusing on the procedure (plot development, using the
language, finding the resolution to the drama).
To understand the differences
between a role-play and
simulations we address Penny Ur’s ideas and examples (2003: 132-
133).
In simulations the individual participants speak and
react as themselves,
but the group role, situation and task
they are given is an imaginary one. For example:
You are the managing committee of a special school for
blind children. You want to organize a summer camp for the
children, but your school budget is insufficient. Decide how
you might raise the money.
In a role-play participants are given a situation plus a
problem
or a task, as in simulations; but they are also
allotted individual roles, which may be written out on cards.
For example:
Role card A: You are a customer in a cake shop. You want a
birthday cake for a friend. He or she is very fond of
chocolate.
Role card B: You are a shop assistant in a cake shop.
You have
different kinds of cakes, but not a chocolate cake.
Thus, Role-play and simulations that use the imagination and
take learners out of them are to be an
effective way for acquiring
speaking and listening skills.
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