DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR IN LEARNING GERMAN LANGUAGE USING ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITIES

Authors : Chuleewan PRANEETHAM

Pages : 75-82

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Publication Date : 2018-09-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purposes of this classroom research were to develop student’s assertive behavior in learning the German language by using role play activities and to study the levels of student satisfaction towards role-play activity learning method. The target group was 31 students, purposively chosen from those who studied in the course of German for communication 2. The research was conducted in the second semester of the academic year 2017 at the International School of Tourism, Surat Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand. Research instruments were lesson plans and satisfied evaluated questionnaire. Observation techniques were used to measure the development of assertive behavior in students. The percentage, mean, and t-test were used to analyze the data. The findings indicated that: 1); The assertive behavior of students increased after using role-play activities. 2); The students’ satisfaction in role play activities was at high level. Moreover, the study revealed that the students’ post-test scores were higher than the pre-test scores with statistical significance insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.01);.
Keywords : Development, Assertive behavior, Role play, Learning, Students