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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
ii
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
Approved by:
C.M.T Fanny Novita A, MA-ELT
Supervisor
Victoria Usadya Palupi, MA-ELT
Examiner
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in
any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is
made in the text.
Copyright© 2012. Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab and C.M.T Fanny Novita
A, MA-ELT
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means
without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English
Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University,
Salatiga.
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab:
iv
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
Kind of Work
:
:
:
:
:
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
English
Language and literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive
royalty free right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
An Analysis of Students’ Attitude toward Vocabulary Games in the EFL
Classroom
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy,
reproduce, print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a
retrieval system or database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual
property, in whole or in part without my express written permission, as long as my
name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
: 28 May 2012
Verified by signee,
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
C.M.T Fanny Novita A, MA-ELT
Victoria Usadya Palupi, MA-ELT
v
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD GAMES
1
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia
Abstract
This study examines the students’ attitude toward the games used in learning
vocabulary in EFL classroom. The study involved eighteen participants from
English Club (EC), an extracurricular activity at SMA Laboratorium Kristen Satya
Wacana Salatiga, to be the participants. The findings showed that the participants
showed positive attitude in individual competitive games. The participants
listened to the teacher’s explanation about the rules and did the games as
instructed. No one disturbed others or violated the rules while playing the games.
In group competitive games, there was only one representative needed from each
group to do the games. The rest of the group members just sat and watched their
representatives playing the games. The findings also showed that the participants
showed negative attitude toward group competitive games. During the games, the
rest of the groups showed unsupportive behavior such as rarely paying attention to
the games, playing with their mobile phone, chatting with their friends, and
refusing to play the games. This research is limited to the participants of EC that
makes the findings probably inapplicable to other contexts. However, it is hoped
that the findings of this research can serve as a guideline for EC tutors to select
more appropriate vocabulary games to adjust to the classroom condition. It is also
expected that this research can be a guideline for other English teachers working
in senior high school context to design games based activities to teach vocabulary.
Keywords: Competitive, Individual, Group, Games, Vocabulary Teaching,
Attitude
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
ii
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
Approved by:
C.M.T Fanny Novita A, MA-ELT
Supervisor
Victoria Usadya Palupi, MA-ELT
Examiner
iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in
any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is
made in the text.
Copyright© 2012. Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab and C.M.T Fanny Novita
A, MA-ELT
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means
without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English
Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University,
Salatiga.
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab:
iv
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
Kind of Work
:
:
:
:
:
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
112007003
English
Language and literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive
royalty free right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
An Analysis of Students’ Attitude toward Vocabulary Games in the EFL
Classroom
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy,
reproduce, print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a
retrieval system or database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual
property, in whole or in part without my express written permission, as long as my
name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
: 28 May 2012
Verified by signee,
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
C.M.T Fanny Novita A, MA-ELT
Victoria Usadya Palupi, MA-ELT
v
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD GAMES
1
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD
VOCABULARY GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
Hana Dwi Herlina Irjayanti Kawab
Satya Wacana Christian University, Indonesia
Abstract
This study examines the students’ attitude toward the games used in learning
vocabulary in EFL classroom. The study involved eighteen participants from
English Club (EC), an extracurricular activity at SMA Laboratorium Kristen Satya
Wacana Salatiga, to be the participants. The findings showed that the participants
showed positive attitude in individual competitive games. The participants
listened to the teacher’s explanation about the rules and did the games as
instructed. No one disturbed others or violated the rules while playing the games.
In group competitive games, there was only one representative needed from each
group to do the games. The rest of the group members just sat and watched their
representatives playing the games. The findings also showed that the participants
showed negative attitude toward group competitive games. During the games, the
rest of the groups showed unsupportive behavior such as rarely paying attention to
the games, playing with their mobile phone, chatting with their friends, and
refusing to play the games. This research is limited to the participants of EC that
makes the findings probably inapplicable to other contexts. However, it is hoped
that the findings of this research can serve as a guideline for EC tutors to select
more appropriate vocabulary games to adjust to the classroom condition. It is also
expected that this research can be a guideline for other English teachers working
in senior high school context to design games based activities to teach vocabulary.
Keywords: Competitive, Individual, Group, Games, Vocabulary Teaching,
Attitude