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special design board as a central tool. In this board the players status, resources, and progress are tracked using physical tokens. Many kinds of board
games use dice andor cards as tools. From the definitions above it can be concluded that board game is a
game which counters or pieces are placed, removed, or moved on a specially design board. It means that to play board games we have to use a special board
made to play those games only.
b. Kinds of Board Games
There are a numbers of different kinds of board games can. There are war games, strategy games, sport games, word games, etc. but, not all of those
games can improve vocabulary. According to Stucky December, 2008 there are six board games that develop language skills, they are
1 Mad Gab-an excellent game for learning the importance of stress in words. 2 Taboo-learn to describe an action, idea, or thing using different words.
3 Cranium-develops word finding, spelling, unscrambling, and vocabulary skills.
4 Scattergories-a game that requires you to express yourself quickly. 5 Balderdash-learn to use creative word expression.
6 Scrabble-an all time classic that builds vocabulary and spelling. Differ from Stucky, Watcyn 1993: 7 stated that most students enjoy
doing crosswords and word squares. Supports Watcyn statement Philips 1993:91 said that simple crosswords are easy to prepare and are excellent
way of revising vocabulary or structure.
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Differ from others above Huntley at www.tefl.net said that the bingo game would be one of the later stages of the process of covering a language
point So, in order to follow the advice of those experts above, in this research
researcher is going to use three games that the researcher consider it as the most appropriate games to teach vocabulary, the games are as follow:
1 Scrabble Scrabble is a board game in which words are formed from letters in
patterns similar to a crosswords puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game. wordnet.princeton.duperlwebwn
Another definition of scrabble from www.wiktionary.org, Scrabble is a board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make
interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board. en.wiktionary.orgwikiScrabble
These are the ways to play Scrabble according to Saylor 2009. Each player lays down the wooden letters to form words, the other players
can challenge if the word is spelled correctly or inquire about the words meaning. Prefixes and suffixes can be added to a word already played on
the board to gain additional points and make a new word. Each player starts with eight wooden letters and takes turns spelling words and laying
them down on the game board in a crossword puzzle fashion. Points are awarded for each word spelled according to the values assigned on the
letter.
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Scrabble makes the players think and think again about finding new word. In short, scrabble is a great game to play to improve vocabulary
mastery 2 Bingo
Bingo is a vocabulary building game designed specifically for young and very young learners kindergarten and early elementary grades
with a very low level of Basic English. The games featured here are relatively simple, but clear enough for
young learners to grasp quickly and challenging and exciting enough for students to maintain motivation and focus their concentration.
3 Crossword Puzzle Crosswords are an excellent way to improve your vocabulary. They
help you remember words that you have already learned, and can even help you learn new words.
Crossword puzzle is the combination of crossword and puzzle. In this game beside the blocks to put the letter there are also pictures to help
students to figure the word being asked. It makes this game more interested because it is different from the usual crossword and it is full
color. Young learners tend to attract to something with many colors in it.
c. Values of Board Games
