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D. The Effectiveness of Using Games in Teaching English Vocabulary to
the 4
th
Grade Students of SD Negeri Gawanan 01 Colomadu
Studying English language is a hard task which can be frustrating or boring. Children were very active; they can’t just always sit and listen to the material
given by the teacher. They can easily be bored when listening to the teacher. In this case, the writer used games as a way to attract the students for studying the
material. Games are always related to fun, enjoyable and encouraging. From that reason, games are loved by the children.
Using games could help the students to memorize and understand the material or new vocabulary easily. The games are usually easy to solve. It used simple
sentences in the explanation. The other factor that made the students easy to memorize the vocabulary is the fun factor. When the students enjoy the lesson,
they could absorb the material optimally and understand the material well. Games could make the class more productive. The students were always
active in participated the activity. Games included a competition between the students. The student always tried to defeat their friend when doing the games. In
a group, they could cooperate with their friends to defeat the other groups. Games could also used to assess the students’ ability. Games can measure the
students’ ability in memorizing vocabulary. It could be seen from the result of the
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students work. The students usually get better result when doing the vocabulary games.
Games gave the students an opportunity to take part in teaching process. By using games in teaching process, the writer gave an opportunity to the students to
show their ability in completing the games. The students not only listen to the explanation, but they could also apply the material they have studied.
Games can help the students’ concentration in studying vocabulary. Children could enjoy the lesson which is fun. By using games, the writer attracted the
students to have fun in studying. When they feel fun, they will pay attention to the lesson. Therefore they could keep their concentration to the lesson.
From the explanation above, the writer can conclude that games is very effective in teaching English vocabulary.
E. The Problems of Teaching English Vocabulary Using Games to the 4
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