Effect of Role Play on Vocabulary Enhancement, Grammar Acquisition and Syntax Ability at Elementary Level in the Subject of English
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https://doi.org/10.53575/irjei.v3.02(22)2.17-24Keywords:
Vocabulary, Grammar, Syntax, Approach, Method, Technique, Role PlayAbstract
This is an experimental study which aimed to examine the effect of Role Play method of teaching on vocabulary enhancement, grammar acquisition and syntaxability of the learners. The objectives of the experimental study were: (i) to explore the effect of Role Play on vocabulary enhancement of the students (ii) to investigate the effect of Role Play on grammar acquisition of the students (iii) to examine the effect of Role Play on syntax ability of the students. In order to obtain the above mentioned objectives, it was hypothesized that the effect of Role Play on vocabulary enhancement, grammar acquisition and syntax ability would be negative. All the students studying English in class 8thin the province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa constituted the population of this experimental study. The sample of this experimental study constituted the forty eight (48) male students studying English in class8th at The Knowledge School Khall, Dir Lower, KhyberPakhtoonkhwa. The experiment was steered through the Pre-test Post-test Equivalent Group Design. On the basis of the results of the pre-test, two groups i.e. control and experimental groups were made. Each group consisted of twenty four (24) students. Both the groups were taught the 8th class English course. The control group which was selected randomly was taught over routine method, while the students of experimental group were taught through the Role Play method of teaching. The duration of the experiment was six weeks. On a teacher made pre-test and post-test data were collected. Through t-test collected data were analyzed. The outcomes of the data discovered that the experimental group students showed better results in vocabulary enhancement, grammar acquisition and syntax ability than the control group students
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