Effectiveness Of Language Games for EFL Vocabulary Mastery of The First Grade Students at Elementary School

Sopiana Sopiana(1*), Kisman Salija(2), Syarifuddin Dollah(3),

(1) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(2) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(3) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(*) Corresponding Author



Abstract


This research aimed to find out the effectiveness of using language games in learning vocabulary mastery and to examine the students’ perception on using language games in learning vocabulary. This research was conducted at Bina Citra Indonesia Elementary School. The researcher applied experimental method to gain the data in this research. The resercher used porposive sampling. The researcher used tests and questionnaire to gain the data. The gathered data were statistically analyzed by utilizing SPSS. The result of this research showed that there were statistically significant differences in the mean scores of pre-test and post-test. The findings indicated that the result of the students’ score is improved after giving the treatment and almost all of the students gave a positive perception on using language games in learning vocabulary, where the result of students’ perception showed that most of them choose extremely likely categorize. The findings also revealed that the utilizing of language games is effective to improve students’ vocabulary mastery.

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Vocabulary Mastery; Language games; Effectiveness

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