【Abstract】 Role-play initially as a psychological educational method, was aroused attention by Western psychological workers from in the mid 1950 of the 20th century. Ten years later, this method was introduced to school classroom. After for decades years of development and perfection, role-play has became currently international teaching method which is widely accepted. Main purpose of teaching English is to develop students ability to use language to communicate. Now ignoring the needs of students in English teaching and we do not provide students with real-life situation, and develop students communication skills. Many people learn English for more than 10 years, when finally faced with foreigners was “speechless”. Therefore, in English teaching in primary schools, we should mobilize the enthusiasm of students and create more real for them, so as to improve the students ability to use the language correctly. Role playing is an effective teaching method. Not only does it arouse students enthusiasm for learning, but also to provide students with a variety of language situations, consolidating what they have learned in a real situation.【Key Words】role-play; elementary English; application摘 要 角色扮演最初是作為一種心理教育方法，引起了人們的關注從1950年中期的20世紀，10年后，這種方法被引入到學校課堂，西方心理工作者幾十年的發(fā)展和完善，角色發(fā)揮目前已成為被廣泛接受的國際化的教學方法。英語教學的主要目的是為了培養(yǎng)學生能夠正確使用語言進行交際。目前的英語教學常常忽視學生的需求,沒有給學生提供真實情境,培養(yǎng)學生的交流能力。許多人學了十多年的英語,最后面對外國人時卻”啞口無言”。因此,在中小學英語課堂教學中,我們應該全面調(diào)動學生學習的積極性,為他們創(chuàng)造更多的真實情景,從而提高學生正確使用語言的能力。角色扮演是一種有效的教學方法。它不僅能激發(fā)學生學習的熱情,還能給學生提供各種運用語言的情境,在實際運用中鞏固所學知識。 關鍵詞：角色扮演 小學英語 應用