ROLE PLAY

• It is goal based learning

• It is assuming a new identity

• Members of the pair/team should

prepare information and enter it in
role cards for exchange
• They should understand the
character deeply and set the
atmosphere

• It is a metaphorical environment to
heighten student interactivity and
retention of knowledge
 Advantages
• It increases motivation and
involvement

• Increases interaction with the

theme and among members

• Transforms the material to be

learned into a communicative
environment
• Encourages collaborative process
of constructing knowledge in
context

• Frees students to explore attitudes

and beliefs

• Encourages students to challenge

and explore their own ideas and
beliefs with out constraints
• Improves negotiating ability,
research, problem solving, planning,
collaboration and communication
skills