ijshs

International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences

2602-3288 2602-3288

Tuncay AYDEMİR

Sociology

Sosyoloji

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

Praneetham

Chuleewan

09 01 2018

2 1 75 82 06 01 2018 08 31 2018

2017

International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences

The purposes ofthis classroom research were to develop student’s assertive behavior inlearning the German language by using role play activities and to study thelevels of student satisfaction towards role-play activity learning method. Thetarget group was 31 students, purposively chosen from those who studied in thecourse of German for communication 2. The research was conducted in the secondsemester of the academic year 2017 at the International School of Tourism,Surat Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand. Research instruments were lessonplans and satisfied evaluated questionnaire. Observation techniques were usedto 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 higherthan the pre-test scores with statistical significance (p<0.01).

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