EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Role play and drama can offer an authentic context for students to engage in new discourses. These contexts can provide situations where students can be comfortable to speak, respond, initiate ideas, argue, be tentative and reflect (Harden, 2016).

Detailed explanation-2: -With drama method the students can handle the events with the perspective of historical characters, can empathy with them and can feel themselves living the historical events. The story part of history lessons would stay in the background and the reality of the events would be more noticeable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Role play demonstrates how to use language in real life with a focus on communication. Socio-cultural researchers like Neil Mercer and Gordon Wells emphasise the importance of learners being given activities that involve them working together using exploratory talk, as defined by Douglas Barnes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Role play is when pupils are assigned a role and, during a small scenario, act as they think the person they are being would act in such a situation. For example, in one of your citizenship or life skills classes, you may be exploring how to resolve conflict in the playground.