Mahboubeh Keshavarz - Department of Education Management, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Mohammad Nour Rahmani - Assistance Professor of Education Management, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of role play teaching method on communication skills of second grade female students in Bandar Abbas city. The population of this study included all second grade female students who were enrolled in the academic year 2016-2017. Of these ,30 students (in two classes) were selected by cluster sampling and placed in two experimental and control groups. In this study, communication skills questionnaire was used to collect data. The results of covariance analysis indicated that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the post test of the control and experimental groups in listening skills, receiving messages, communication insights and decisiveness. That is, the effect of independent variable (role playing teaching method) on communication skills was effective (p < 0.001) and also the results of covariance analysis showed that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of two groups in the emotional adjustment variable. Therefore, the effect of the independent variable on emotional regulation in interpersonal interactions was not effective. Therefore, according to the results, it can be stated that the role play teaching technique has an impact on the level of listening skills, message reception, communication insight, and decisiveness, and increases the amount of them.

Role Play Teaching, Communication Skills, Female Students