THE

EFFECTIVENESS OF
USING
LANGUAGE
GAMES TO
REINFORCE
VOCABULARY
LEARNING IN
YEAR THREE
PUPILS
PREPARED BY:

AZRAWATI BINTI
ABDULLAH

TESL 4

INSTITUT
PERGURUAN
TUANKU BAINUN
SUPERVISOR:

MR AZIZAN BIN
ARIFFIN
INTRODUCTION
Pupils have to deal with many
words included unfamiliar
vocabulary.
Many experts of language
teaching methodology also
agree that playing games is a
good way to learn vocabulary.
BACKGROUND
Characteristics of games make
vocabulary learning more
effectively .
REFLECTION OF PAST TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Pupils were active and like
to play with games.
Pupils most of the time tend
to forget or misuse new
words because only
memorizing the meaning of
the words.
The chalk and talk way of
teaching the new
vocabulary demotivate the
pupils to learn more.
RESEARCH FOCUS
Use language games to
reinforce vocabulary
learning
Language games to
motivate pupils in
learning vocabulary
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES &
QUESTIONS
Do language games
reinforce learning
vocabulary in context
Do language games
motivated the pupils in
learning vocabulary?
RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

participants are 24 pupils; 8
male and 16 female.

level of the pupils is
intermediate.
100 per cent of them are
Malay.

29 per cent of the pupils obtained
A, 63 per cent of the pupils
obtained B and 1 per cent them
obtained C.

RECOMMENDED ACTION

Week 1
Unit 10 : Ride in
the Safari park
Skills :
Reading
Action Taken :
Pre test

Rationale :
To get a view and
starting point of
learning vocabulary
before using language
game.
Week 2
Unit 10 : Ride in
the Safari park
Skills :
Grammar
Language game:
I spy with my
eyes
Action Taken :
Teacher implement the
language game.
Teacher provides a
survey form.
The pupils complete
the form.
Rationale :
To provide input and
information
To get feedback from
the pupils.
RECOMMENDED ACTION

Week 3

Unit 9 : The
Holidays

Skills :
Grammar

Language game:
Arranging Blocks



Action Taken :
Teacher will introduce a few
synonym words.
Teacher provides a survey
form.


Rationale :
To provide input and
information .
To get feedback from the
pupils.
Week 4
Unit 12 :
Fresh Fruits

Skills :
Grammar

Language Game:
Pick and Choose



Action Taken :
Teacher will use another
language game called Pick
and Choose.
After completing the games,
the teacher gives a
worksheet to the pupils.

Rationale :
To identify the change of the
pupils interest in language
games after the intervention.
The result as the post test.
DATA GATHERING METHOD


Pre Test

Post Test

- Will be used to
identify the level
pupils
understanding the
vocabulary before
using language
games.

- Will be used to see the
result of the intervention.


Pupils worksheet


- to evaluate the using of language games to
reinforce vocabulary learning.

Pre and post interview


- will be carried out to obtain information
from the pupils who had difficulties
answering the pre test.
- Will be carried out to identify the change
of their interest and motivation in learning
vocabulary.

Method of Analysis
- The data will be collected and analyse
by comparing the scores from the pre
and post test.
- The result obtained will be present in a
bar graph.
- The result of the pupils worksheet will be
recorded and tabulated in a table to
evaluate pupils performances after
implementing the intervention.
- The record of the entire interview will be
transcribed.
- The text then becomes data that are
analysed.