Role Play

ROLE PLAY

In group activity, my group consists of Abdul Hadi, Hisyamuddin, Muhammad Azam and I was asked to prepare a dialogue with at least five language functions for role play. This was the tutorial for week 2 and the role play were being checked and analysed by Madam Ira.

As for me, this role play that we were doing was actually quite boring because it happens in a meeting room, when a person was having a meeting. We just asking and talking each other without some exciting act like other groups performance. But, we were satisfied to our effort doing this task because the most important is the understanding the role play in dialogue situation. On that day, we were asked to present this dialogue without looking to the script. Hence, we must memorize the dialogue. 

For me, I learned that different language function can gives a different meaning although the sentences given was almost the same. This was the dialogue that we used in the role play asked by Madam Ira.

Characters:

CEO                : Tuan Haji Hisyamuddin

Presenter        : Fadzillah

Worker 1         : Abdul Hadi

Worker 2         : Muhammad Azam

Adel	Encik Hadi, please inform all board directors, we have an urgent meeting 10 minutes from now.
Didie	Yes Encik Fadzillah. Excuse me, we have an urgent meeting 10 minutes from now. I hope everyone will come prepared for the meeting.

(The CEO enters the meeting room)

Adel, Azam & Didie	Good Morning Tuan Haji.
Esam	Good morning. Have a seat.
Azam	Tuan Haji, this is the file that you asked just now.
Esam	Thank you. (Take a look at the file given by Azam for a while). So, should we start our meeting Encik Fadzillah?
Adel	Yes, Tuan Haji. Good morning to all of you. We just received a call from our management office from Hawaii. We have got some problems regarding to our project there. Some of the workers are not satisfied with the payment. They wanted the salary to be increased up to 10%.
Azam	That’s a really high demand. 10% is not a small amount. We cannot satisfy everyone’s desire.
Didie	Yes, I agree. But, I think if we do not listen to their request, big problems might occur.
Azam	We cannot let this problem distract our project. This project is our biggest investment for this year.
Adel	Besides, we must take care of our reputation. This problem would affect our good reputation now.
Esam	Encik Fadzillah, what is their work performance?
Adel	Some of them are doing well in their work and some of them are not really committed.
Didie	Maybe we can increase the payment but decrease the number of the workers.
Azam	Yes, let us keep those who are really committed to their work.
Esam	This problem is very serious. So I would like you, Encik Hadi to prepare the suggestion on paper and I would like to have it by next Monday.
Didie	I will have that one done Tuan Haji!
Esam	As for you Encik Azam, I want you to check each department to analyse the number of workers needed to be employed. Remember, we will give some compensation to help them.
Azam	Yes, Tuan Haji. Anything else, Tuan Haji?
Esam	Exactly. I want both of you to go to Hawaii to inform the workers there about our planning and I want it to be done harmoniously.
Adel	Yes, Tuan Haji. We will do that as soon as possible.
Esam	Is there anything that you want to share? If not, the meeting will be adjourned. I will chew over this problem and consider all your suggestions. Thank you for your cooperation. The function of language: To Inform ·         Encik Hadi, please inform all board directors, we have an urgent meeting 10 minutes from now. To Greet ·         Good morning Tuan Haji. To Thank ·         Thank you To Explain ·         We just received a call from our management from Hawaii. We have got some….. To Object ·         That’s really a high demand. 10% is not a small amount. We cannot satisfy everyone’s desire. To Ask for Information ·         Encik Fadzillah, how was their achievement in their work? ·         Anything else, Tuan Haji? To Answer ·         Some of them are doing well in their work and some…. To Suggest ·         Maybe we can increase the payment but decrease the number of the workers. To Agree ·         Yes, I agree. ·         Yes, let us keep those who are really committed in their work. To Instruct ·         So I would like you, Encik Hadi to prepare the suggestion on paper and I would like to have it by next Monday. ·         I want you to consider to each department to classify the number of workers to stay working.

Besides, we need to know and understand about language form and functions. This really helps us in understand on what the person trying to show us. Through form and function, we will able to identify the reason on why the speakers wanted to told us. Since this task was a part of our assignment, we were very keen in doing this well because the marks will be given.

As a conclusion, I learned that different language function can gives a different meaning although the sentence given was almost the same. The others group’s presentation make me feel more understand about the language form and functions.