5. Asking the students to classify verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs from the text, in pairs
6. Discussing the answers 7. Asking the students to guess the Crossword puzzles clues in the students’
worksheet given from the problem 8. Asking the students to complete nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs in Crossword
puzzles using the clues provided 9. Discussing the answers with class and collecting the students’ work
By adapting the procedures, it was expected that the process in applying Crossword puzzles be successful to gain better vocabulary achievement.
2.8 The Advantages of Using Crossword puzzles in Teaching Vocabulary
Crossword puzzles has a great deal of benefit. Jones 2013:3 stated by doing problems of the vocabulary through Crossword puzzles, it will help
students’ sharpen their mental skill because by reading the clues and looking at the corresponding slots, the students will already know how many letters the
answer has. Moreover, by solving a crossword puzzle, it will help students improve their vocabulary.
In addition, Karim and Hasbullah 1986:2.34 state the advantages of Crossword puzzles as follows.
a. Crossword puzzles can stimulate students’ interest in learning vocabulary. A Crossword puzzles is a kind of teaching medium that makes the students
curious about how to fill the puzzles because when the students try to fill in the corresponding squares that go across and down, they may be continously
interested in doing this activity so that it can bring students’ interest in learning vocabulary.
b. Crossword puzzles make students relaxed and free from stress in the teaching and learning process.
Vocabulary media such as Crossword puzzles can make the students relaxed and free from stress to learn English as a foreign language. Therefore, the
teacher must handle this activity in a fun activity so that the students will do the activity enthusiastically.
c. Crossword puzzles can motivate students in learning vocabulary. Crossword puzzles will indirectly make the students engaged with learning
vocabulary because by solving the clues given and filling in the squares, the students will be motivated in learning vocabulary.
d. Crossword puzzles can increase the students’ vocabulary. The students will find new vocabulary from the clues or the answer of
Crossword puzzles. They will get more vocabularies by doing Crossword puzzles so that their vocabulary will increase.
e. Crossword puzzles help students think and study English words and memorize the words indirectly and easily.
It will be easy for the students to remember the words because they will get some experiences while they fill in the blank squares.
To sum up, those advantages which are stated by the experts might be gained if the teacher is creative in using the Crossword puzzles in teaching
vocabulary. The advantages could be seen from students’ participation during the teaching learning process.
2.9 The Disadvantages of Crossword puzzles
