sufficient amount of language. ”
17
The game has criteria to use as language teaching which the criteria offers a way for deciding whether to use it or not. The
conclusion of explanation above that a game should easy to prepare, easy to play, enjoyable, attractive, boost the learner motivation to practice and to use the
language, and the last encourage the students to compete each other.
C. Guessing Game
1. Definition of Guessing Game
Guessing game is a game which means permainan tebak-tebakan in bahasa. Almost every person knows and has tried this attractive game which one
person knows the information and deliberately withholds it then others should find the answer based on the clues. These are explanations about the definition of
guessing game from the linguists. Based on Vicki L. Cohen and John Edwin Cowen define that a guessing
game is “a game in which the object is to use guessing discover some kind of
information, such as a word, a phrase, a title, or the identity or location of an object.
”
18
In line with that Andrew Wright, David Betteridge and Michael Buckby state that
“essentially, in guessing and speculating games, someone knows something and the others must find out what it is.
”
19
While Penny Ur adds that “the teacher provides brief oral definitions of a
person, place, thing, action or whatever: learners write down what they think it is.
”
20
The writer concludes that guessing game is a simple communicative game which the aim is to seek the information by describing something orally and
others should guess it to find the right answer.
17
Andrew Wright, Pictures for Language Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 3.
18
Vicki Cohen and John Cowen, Literacy for Children in an Information Age: Teaching Reading, Writing, and Thinking, California: Wadsworth, 2007, p. 267.
19
Andrew Wright, David Betteridge, and Michael Buckby, Games for Language Learning New Edition, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 169.
20
Penny Ur, A Course in Language Teaching, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, p. 110.
2. Type of Guessing Game
There are three types of guessing game as mention by Patricia and Richard Amanto as follow:
a. “Guess What I Am”or”Guess Who Am I” able to teach about animals,
professions, or people at all levels of age. b.
“Guess what I am doing” teaches the concepts relating to activity such as going fishing.
c. “Guess What I have” which the students give oral clues for the object is being
explained, or others able to ask questions about the object..
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In “Guess What I Am”or”Guess Who Am I” can be used to teach descriptive text about animals, profession, or
people. Then “Guess what I am doing” can be used to teach the concepts with the activity which describing
activities by doing something or using body language, and “Guess What I have”
can be used to describe text about things . In “Guess What I Am”or”Guess Who
Am I” and “Guess What I have” when the guessers try to guess, they also able to ask questions. In this research, the writer chooses
“Guess What I Am”or”Guess Who Am I” because it is related with the material from students’ handbook. The
material is descriptive text.
3. The Rule of Playing Guessing Game
Every game has a rule to keep the game in line so does guessing game. Before playing the game, the teacher should explain the rule of the game clearly
and simply for making the students easily understand and enjoy it. As states by Patricia A. Richard and Amanto,
” the rules of games should be very few and clearly explained.
”
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The rule of guessing game is simple which easy to understand and easy to play by all levels. According to Penny Ur that
“the teacher defines or describes
21
Patricia A. Richard and Amanto, Making it Happen from Interactive to Participatory Language Teaching: Envolving Theory and Practice, New York: Pearson Longman, 2010, p.
300.
22
Ibid., p. 294.
