TABLE OF CONTENTS
A.INTRODUCTION

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I. REASONS FOR CHOOSING THE RESEARCH

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II. AIMS OF THE RESEARCH

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III. SCOPE, OBJECT AND RESEARCHING METHOD

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B. MAIN CONTENT

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I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

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1. Some principles of using and managing role-plays:

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2. Steps in carrying out role-plays:


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4. Warm up

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5, Role play

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Unit: 1 FRIENDSHIP (11)

Version: 2

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1. Introduction

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2. Preparation

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3. Procedure

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III. RESULT AFTER APPLYING THE RESEARCH IN TEACHING


of students who have perfect knowledge of grammar that works wonderfully for
reading and writing but cannot express themselves to the teachers. On the other
hand, I often hear a lot of complaints from the colleagues: “Students seem so quiet
and lazy during speaking lessons. It is very difficult to make them participate in
speaking activities”. Therefore, the idea of doing something useful for my
colleagues and students has urged me to conduct the research.
Another reason why the study was carried out lies in my love for teaching
speaking. By doing the study, I can know more about the challenges in teaching
and learning speaking skills so that I can find relevant techniques along with
activities to improve my teaching speaking at Trieu Son 2 High School.

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The above reasons have inspired me to conduct a study on “ role-plays and
simulations in teaching English speaking skill” with the hope to make a little
contribution to the quality of teaching and learning speaking skills for Grade 11th
at Trieu son 2 High School
II. AIMS OF THE RESEARCH
To introduce the using role-plays and simulations and to show the
advantages of using role-plays and simulations
To show how to organize role-plays and simulations effectively and how to
deal with initial problems that may arise.
To show how using role-plays and simulations can be used for various
classroom activities.
To give teachers confidence in using using role-plays and simulations
themselves.
III. SCOPE, OBJECT AND RESEARCHING METHOD
Scope : Researching in the process of teaching English at Trieu Son II high
school.

coaching from the other students.
- While the role-play or debate is in progress, have other students suggest
vocabulary first, and act as backup if they do not know.
Role-plays are unpredictable which makes them both a valuable learning tool and
at the same time difficult to manage. Sketch out the various routes the role-play
can take from the initial scenario. This will give you some idea what to expect
and avoid any surprises.
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Role-plays can range from 30 minutes to one hour.
2. Steps in carrying out role-plays:
2.1. Outside the classroom:
_ Choosing the topic, based on the topic of the lesson or the main grammar point
of that lesson.
_ Preparing materials, especially role-play cards (Teachers can make up the cards
themselves, or search for them on the Internet)
2.2 Inside the classroom:
_ Providing students with enough language to be used in their role-plays.
_ Setting up the scene for role-plays.
II. APPLYING THE RESEARCH IN TEACHING
Unit 1: FRIENDSHIP (11)
Version 1
Finding a Perfect Roommate/Flatmate Role-play
1. Materials:
+ Ranking Roommates: Vocabulary Warm-up
+ Room Ads: Listening Reading Comprehension Warm-up
+ Rooms for Rent Role Cards
+ Friends Looking for Rooms Role Cards
+ Students with Rooms for Rent Activity Sheet

It’s a (flat/house/townhouse)
There are (number) people living there.
It costs $____ a week.
(other information)
Would you like to live there? Why or why not? – Discuss
After going through all six ads, choose the best one for you and explain why.
The Perfect Flatmate
What kind of person is good to live with? Why?
Ranking Exercise:
In groups, students circle the ideal qualities of roommates using the Ranking
Exercise Vocabulary Sheet and then rank them in order of importance.
5. Role-play
Set-up:
The class is divided into two groups:
Group 1: These students have a room for rent at their house because a
roommate has just moved out. They will need a Room for Rent Role Card and a
Room for Rent Activity Sheet.
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Group 2: These students have a friend who is looking for a place to live. They will
need a Friends Looking for a Place to Live Role Card and a Students with Friends
Needing a Room Activity Sheet.
The students should be given some time to read their role cards, ask questions
about vocabulary and then write down the concerns (from the role cards) into the
table headings (on the activity sheets).
Divide the class chairs into two lines facing each other (or if you like, have an
inner circle and outer circle). One line is for students with rooms to rent (Group 1)
and the other line is for students who have friends who need a place to live(Group
2).

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Room

For

Accommodation,

Rent,

Student Shared Accommodation in 2 bedroom /

fully

furnished 1 bathroom unit to share unit with one

room, swimming pool, gym, close to other. Centrally located 5 minutes walk
Griffith

University

Campus,

bus to the town centre and public transport.

transport available This would suit 25years+ Female- Asian Student, Nonmature male International student smoker, quiet, clean, neat and tidy to
(Asian welcome) or working person share with friendly working Australian

important for you? Circle the qualities
of your ideal roommate. Finally, in
groups, rank them below. (1 being the
most important and 12 being least
important).
messy (is a slob)
good cook

can’t cook

outgoing

shy

easygoing

argumentative/high strung

boring

humorous, interesting

smoker

non-smoker

heavy drinker

social drinker



Your friend Bill is looking for a

place to live.

place to live.

Facts about Susan

Facts about Bill

She is an outgoing person who likes to

He is easygoing and gets along well

party. And so she can be quite noisy,

with other people. He is a bit lazy and

especially on the weekends. She is a

somewhat messy.

heavy drinker but she doesn’t smoke.

He plays in a band so he often practices

She has a dog. She has a job so she has

the drums at home. He doesn’t smoke.

(2) Are there any cats or dogs at the
apartment? (He’s allergic to
animal hair)
(3) How much is the rent?
(4) How far is the apartment from
the school?
(5) Are the other roommates easy to

Your friend Brenda is looking for a

get along with?
Your friend John is looking for a place

place to live.

to live.

Facts about Brenda

Facts about John
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She is a med student so she studies

He is very shy, so he doesn’t have

very hard. She has a scholarship so she

many friends or go out a lot. He is


apartment? (He’s allergic to

(3) Does anybody smoke? (She’s

animal hair)

allergic to cigarette smoke).
(4) How far is the apartment from
the school?

(4) Is the apartment clean? (He is a
bit of a neat freak).
(5) How far is the apartment from

(5) Are pets ok? (She has a cat)
the school?
Students Looking for Someone to Share Housing
One of your roommates has recently

One of your roommates has recently

moved out so you need to find a new

moved out so you need to find a new

roommate.

roommate.


rent is about $200.00 and the house is

the university by foot.

about 20 minutes from the university
by subway.

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Concerns about potential roommate:

Concerns about potential roommate:

(1) Is _________ sociable? (They

(1) Does _________ have a pet?

like to have fun now and then).
(2) Does _________ smoke? (One
of the current roommates is
allergic to smoke).

(The landlord doesn’t allow cats
or dogs at the apartment).
(2) Is _________ easy to get along
with?

(3) Is _________ clean? (The last
roommate was a slob).


roommate.

Facts about the current roommates:

Facts about the current roommates:

They are quiet, clean hardworking

They are mostly studious, but like to

students. Most of them

are on

have fun from time to time. There are

scholarship so they don’t like to party

no pets in the house, but several

much. The rent is about $450. The

roommates smoke. The place is clean.

apartment is about 15 minutes from

The rent is $300 per month. The house

the university by bus.


(2) Is _________ quiet? (The other
roommates are serious students).
(3) Is _________ clean? (The last
roommate was a slob).
(4) Does
smoking?

_________
(Several

mind
of

the

expensive).
roommates smoke).
Unit 1: FRIENDSHIP (English 11)
Version 2
Matchmaking Roleplay
Duration: 15–20 min
Aim:

Oral fluency practice

Requirements:

Lots of space


give the students an extra minute to think of one detail to add.
Now explain that each person should talk to the "parents" of potential
husbands/wives. They should only speak to one person at a time. Once they have
heard about all the potential partners, students should agree on how to match them
up. Check:
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If you have a daughter, who do you talk to? (parents of sons)

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Do you talk in a group, or in pairs? (pairs)

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If you have a daughter, then do you have to speak with
everyone in your group who has a son? (yes)

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When you have spoken to everyone, what do you do? (agree on
the couples)

If some groups finish early, you can tell them to think of reasons why the couples
they have matched up are suitable.
Have a feedback session at the end, perhaps writing the results on the board.
Your son, Tony, is a young doctor

Your daughter, Sue, works at a


bookshop and is often very busy.

mountain climbing. He works for a

Although she is young, the workers

small company.

He would like a

respect her, and she is very generous

wife, but not children.
Your son, David, has an important

to them.
Your daughter, Jenny, is studying

job at the bank. Your family is quite

chemical

rich, so David is used to good clothes

university.

and expensive holidays.

restaurants, watching movies, and



engineering

at

a

top

She loves going to

She

enjoys

shopping,

III. RESULT AFTER APPLYING THE RESEARCH IN TEACHING
Students
100%

Excellent-good
35%

Average
60%

Weak (bad)
5%



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D. REFERENCE BOOKS
1. English 11 (Text book and teacher book)
2.. Practical handbook of language teaching (David Cross)
3. A course in language teaching - Practical and Theory (Penny Ur)
Cambrige university press
4. Teaching method Syllabus (Foreing language group – Language and Culture
department– Hanoi national University)
5. Usefull methods in teaching English at secondary school (Nguyen Hanh Dung)

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THANH HOA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2TH TRIEU SON HIGH SCHOOL

EXPERIENCE INITIATIVES

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ROLE- PLAYS AND SIMULATION IN TEACHING
ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL