EFFECTIVENESS OF ROLE PLAY MODEL IN TEACHING HINDI AT SECONDARY LEVEL IN KERALA

This study was undertaken to test the effectiveness of Role play model in the achievement of 8th standard students in Hindi when compared to the achievement of their counterparts who were exposed to prevailing method of instruction adopted in the schools of Kerala. The sample consists of 144 students out of which 72 students were included in the Experimental group and the rest in the Control group. Pre-test was conducted and Experimental group was exposed to Role play model and Control group to the prevailing method. The result of the study shows that Role play model is much effective than the traditional method as far as the achievement of students is concerned. The result of the study also shows that when compared to the students in the government school, Role play model was found to be much beneficial to the students of aided schools.