TY - JOUR T1 - DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS’ ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR IN LEARNING GERMAN LANGUAGE USING ROLE-PLAY ACTIVITIES AU - Praneetham, Chuleewan PY - 2018 DA - September JF - International Journal of Social And Humanities Sciences JO - IJSHS PB - Tuncay AYDEMİR WT - DergiPark SN - 2602-3288 SP - 75 EP - 82 VL - 2 IS - 1 LA - en AB - 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). KW - Development KW - Assertive behavior KW - Role-play KW - Learning KW - Students CR - Chan, Z. C. Y. (2012). Role-playing in the Problem-based Learning Class. Nurse Education in Practice, 12 (1), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.-2011.04.008. CR - Kilgour, P., Reynaud, D., Northcote, M. T., & Shields, M. (2015). Role-playing as a Tool to Facilitate Learning, Self-reflection and Social Awareness in Teacher Education. International Journal of Innovative Inter-disciplinary Research, 2 (4), 8-20. CR - Lohaprasert, S. (2013). The Development of Assertive Behavior by us-ing Role-Play Activities: Focus on First Year Students from Tourism Business Management Department Semester 1/2556. Research Report. Faculty of Management Science, Yala Rajabhat University. CR - Moontadee, S., Kunyot, T. & Wora-in, C. (2016). Developing English Speaking Skills of Grade 11 Students through Role Play Activities. Humani-ties and Social Sciences Journal of Graduate School, Pibulsongkram Ra-jabhat University, 10 (1), 68-83. CR - Office of the Higher Education Commission. (2009). Thai Qualifica-tions Framework for Higher Education 2009. Bangkok : Office of the Higher Education Commission. CR - Patsat, A. & Rujiranukul, P. (2016). Assertive Behavior Development of the Second Year Students in the Faculty of Education. Proceeding of the 4th Rajabhat University National and International Research and Conference : Buriram Rajabhat University. CR - Wechayaluck, N. (2015). The Development of Assertive Behavior through Role Plays of Students in the Faculty of Education at Pibul-songkram Rajabhat University. Journal of Education of Pibulsongkram Ra-jabhat University, 2 (1), 29-36. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14456/edupsru.2015.3. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijshs/issue//460857 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/537157 ER -