Role-plays: fostering oral production in the classroom.
Communicative Class Model; Role-plays; Oral Production.
This is an Action Research study based on the theoretical and methodological concepts developed by Tripp (2005) which aim to promote a change in the English language classes (Level 1) using the model designed by Almeida Filho (2007) for Foreign-language teaching using communicative methods in schools, and also by implementing the role-play technique in the classroom (HAYCRAFT, 1986; LADOUSSE,1989; CROOKALL & OXFORD, 1990) in order to promote the students’ oral skills. The study involves the participation of 33 students aged between 16 to 22 at the Integrated Technical High School in IFRN, Campus João Câmara. The data used for this intervention was first collected by questionnaire, after which the responses were analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results of that analysis showed that the communicative-classroom model is actually effective and that roleplays offer an excellent technique for fostering oral production in the classroom.