PREPARED BY:

THE
EFFECTIVENES
S OF USING
LANGUAGE
GAMES TO
REINFORCE
VOCABULARY
LEARNING IN
YEAR THREE
PUPILS

AZRAWATI BINTI
ABDULLAH
TESL 4
INSTITUT
PERGURUAN
TUANKU
BAINUN

SUPERVISOR:
MR AZIZAN BIN
ARIFFIN

INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND

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.

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
The

use of language
games to reinforce
vocabulary learning

Vocabulary

is not to be
memorize isolate, but
to be understand to
avoid misuse of the
To encourage pupils to words among the
pupils.
learn vocabulary in
Pupils tend to forget
active way.
words they learn, so
by play games it will
prevent it.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES &

QUESTIONS
Do

language games
reinforce learning
vocabulary in ESL
classroom?
Do

language games
reinforce learning
vocabulary in ESL
classroom?

RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
participants

are 24 pupils; 8
male and 16 female.

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.

level

of the pupils is
intermediate.

RECOMMENDED ACTION
Week 1

Rationale :
Action Taken :

Unit 10 : Ride in
the Safari park

Pre test

Skills :
Reading

To get a view and

starting point of
learning vocabulary
before using language
game.

Week 2
Unit 10 : Ride in
the Safari park

Action Taken :
Rationale :

Skills :
Grammar
Language game:
I spy with my
eyes

Teacher implement the

language game.
Teacher provides a
survey form.
The pupils complete
the form.

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

Rationale :

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

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

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

Method of Analysis

Post Test

Will be used to see the

result of the intervention.

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.

Pupils worksheet

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.

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.