Teaching English Vocabulary by Using Games

2.1.16. Teaching English Vocabulary by Using Games

Learning is one of the activities of students in the classroom. Sucessful learning is only on the right way to lead the process. Good learning atmosphere and method can guide the students to learn more and meaningfill. To accomplish such condition, teachers must create variety type and attractive methods for the class, using vaariety types games can be an attractive solution to handle when the students get bored: Games as a matter of fact, can help and encouragebmany students to sustain their interest and work. There is a common perception that all learning should be serious.

 

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From this verse, we know that every body has a power his self to do everything. We can create a high technology thing, we can write the best seller of understanding, but we should remember that every abilities we have it is derived from Allah SWT.

2.1.17. The Advantage of Games

Here are some advantages of using games teaching vocabulary :

1.      Game bring in relaxation and fun for students, and help students learn and retain new words more easily.

2.      Games usually involve friendly competition and they keep learners in interested in learning the language.

3.      Games are motivating and challanging students to get involve and participate actievly in learning activities.

4.      Games provide language practice in the various skills :speaking, listening, writing and reading.

5.      Games are highly motivating and give students more opportunity to express their opinoins and fellings.

6.      Vocabulary games bring real world context into the classroom, and increase student's use of English in flexsible, meaningful and communicative way.

The role of games in teaching and learning vocabulary can not be denied. However in order to achieve the most suitable games are choosen. Whenever a game is to be conducted, the number of student's, proficience level, cultute context are factors that should be taken into context.

Learning vocabulary through game is one effective and interesting way that can be applied in any classroom. In this paper the writer suggest that games are used not only for more fun, but more importantly, for the useful presenting, practice and review of vocabulary to improve the learner's coommunicative competence.

2.2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Vocabulary development is a vitae part for every student's life. In mastering English, they must have an adequate vocabulary. Therefore, vocabulary is a breath of , a language. Without vocabulary proficiency the students automatically can not obtain the four skills of English such as listening, reading, writing and speaking. It is scemed that the bigger vocabulary they have the easier to do the tasks of listening and reading.

In learning language, vocabulary is a basic need of language cocnpetences when someone wants to learn English, they should have enough vocabulary.

In learning vocabulary many method applied by the teacher. The teacher which are able to invite students' motivation in learning vocabulary. The variation in teaching influnce the process of learning vocabulary. One technique to make teaching learning more active is by using chain spellng game, because by using chain spelling game can be alternative solution to handle when the students get borred, Mapping also is a way of teaching vocabulary where students make their own word diagrams.

In obtain those four skills of English, the teacher is suggested to use an effective strategis or method while teaching vocabulary. By using the mapping particular hyponym, the students are hoped to find their own new word that are related to the target word, and then they put all new word into the arrow gives. Mapping also expected to train the skill of students that cannot be seen in teaching learning so far. And to find out the effect of using mapping the writer make a test after giving the treatmnent.

While doing these activities, the teacher should be aware that it is impossible to memorize the new vocabularies_ Meanwhile, the teacher has to limit the vocabulary because the more vocabulary the more difficult to absorb it.

For the reason, the teacher should be careful in choosing the word on the level of the student's technique and student's abilityt are natural part of learning process, because technique in teaching must effected to the student's achievement.

In the study, the hypothesis want to know in e student's ability constructing vocabulary. Therefore, the writer tries to identify the effect of using chain spelling games and mapping technique on the student's ability to build up simple sentence

 2.3. HYPOTHESIS

In the study, the hypothesis is information as follow:

H_O          : X₁ : X₂ or      Ho : X₁

Ha       : X₁ > X₂

X1:      Calculation friends of experimental class

X2:      Calculation finding of control class

H_a        : There is a significant effect of using mapping tehnique and chain spelling game on the student's abilty to build up simple sentence

H₀          : There is no significant effect of using mapping technique and chain spelling game on the student's ability to build up simple sentence

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