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also to teach vocabulary for children. 3.
For the parents as the control-taker Parents as the control-taker do not need to worry because even though they
are busy with their gadgets, parents still can control their children games on their gadgets. Parents can lead their children about how to play this game. Parents can
do their business, while their children can play an educative game without disturbing their business.
4. Writer as the researcher
The writer also gets the benefit by doing this study. The writer can develop this game into the better and appropriate game for children by accepting the inputs
from teachers and children. Hopefully, by having the better game, students will be easier and interested in learning English deeply. Writers can also have the better
understanding about the children‟s needs.
F. Definition of Terms
In this study, there are some terms that can be interpreted differently. It may cause a misunderstanding perception about the term. Therefore, in this part
the writer explains about the terms that appear in this research. These are the terms:
1. Game
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consciously outside ”ordinary” life as being ”not serious”, but at the same time absorbing the player intensely and utterly. It is an activity connected with no
material interest, and no profit can be gained by it .” Thus, it is an activity that can
be used to release the player‟s stresses or pressures because it is free and not serious. Therefore, game is one of free activity about interesting materials.
2. Computer Game
According to Smed Hakonen2003, “Computer games are subset of games; everything people can say about games in general applies also to them.
Nevertheless, computer games are also computer programs, and, therefore, lessons learnt in software construction can be applied to them.
” The game that is designed is supported by the computer software. Most games are a kind of video
game. They are the games that use an electronic media computer. The games are like a video which contains sounds and moving pictures.
3. Instructional Materials
According to Young, Reiser, Dick 1998, instructional materials are the materials planned or designed by the teacher for the teaching instructions.
Materials that have been arranged before are used in the learning activities. It is done by giving instructions to the students to master the materials like what have
been planned in the teaching strategy.
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4. Computer Game-Based Instructional Materials
Combining what have been found by Smed Hakonen 2003 about Computer Game and Young, Reiser, Dick 1998 about Instructional Materials
above, computer game-based instructional materials in my study is the game that is supported by the computer technologies which is used as instructional
materials to arrange or design learning activities in the classroom. The instruction is given through that computer-game.
5. Vocabulary
