Challenges in Performing Role-play as an Assessment: Students' Views

Efficacy of Role-Play in Teaching and Formative Assessment for Undergraduate English- Major Students in Saudi Arabia

“…As highlighted by the various studies on role-play as a beneficial strategy, has proven to be very effective in increasing students' enthusiasm, their self-confidence, empathy, critical thinking abilities, vocabulary and language skills (Alabsi, 2016;Rojas & Villafuerte, 2018, Kaovere & Mbaukua, 2018Zaidi et al, 2017, MacDonald, 2012Krebt, 2017;Hidayati & Pardjono, 2018;Rashid & Qaisar, 2017). Moreover, role-play as a teaching strategy is a cost-effective and a fun way for both the students and teachers to exchange knowledge, thus positively impacting the students' academic performance (Crow & Nelson, 2015).…”

“…Implementation of a new assessment strategy involves a lot of planning, as the idea of a new method of assessment needs to be communicated to the students well. This requires that role expectations and roles need to be explained to students along with determining the appropriate group size (Zaidi, Rani, & Rahman, 2017). For successful implementation, students need to be allowed to give their preferences regarding their group members (Hidayati & Pardjono, 2018).…”

“…The play-acting, the lack of grammar work, chaos in the classes, and lack of chances to play a part are the major challenges in applying role-play in language classroom. One of the main challenges in the application of role-play in higher education includes the lack of availability of ample class time with students (Zaidi et al, 2017). Limited access to resources can also act as a challenge in the successful application of role-play as it requires access to resources including photocopies, access to computers and the internet.…”

“…Role-play was identified as one of the most popular methods used for measuring students' performance and was regarded as an authentic activity. Zaidi et al (2017) aimed to address the challenges faced by students during a task of roleplay by using quantitative survey research. The survey collected information from 200 participants in Malaysia regarding students' insight on the possible challenges that they might face while performing a role-play.…”

Horizontes de la transformación digital

“…When teaching a second language, learners should be provided with productive, purposeful, interactive, challenging and authentic speaking opportunities (Thornbury, 2005). Role-plays and simulations are normally the preferred activities to provide students with opportunities to learn target language with proven effectiveness (Zaidi et al, 2017). However, in remote learning, decreased interaction among learners and reduced teachers' supervision (Mohammadi et al, 2010) have compromised the productivity of those speaking activities (Amirulloh et al, 2020).…”