Materi forum teacher ke-1 teaching vocabulary by playing games

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Assalamualaikum wr wrb/Good afternoon everybody.

            First of all, I would like to say thanks for chance that is given to me to be a moderator in this forum right now. Well, in this opportunity, I want to share about ‘teaching Vocabulary by playing games’.

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As we know, vocabulary is one of the things that has important role in studying English.

When we are teaching vocabulary, we must make sure our students are not only able to pronounce the word well but also able to write it.

I usually teach vocabulary to my students by playing games. The game that I played is named;

·         Calling me please

The purpose of this game is to make students are able to memorize and pronounce the words.

Right now, I will try to apply the game.

For example our lesson today is about transportation.

The vocabularies are;

Ambulance             Boat                 Bicycle            Car                 Fire engine

Helicopter              Hot air balloon Parachute         Pedicab           Plane

Race car                Scooter            Train                Tram                Subway

1.      The teacher gives the name of transportation to each student.

2.      The teacher helps students to memorize the word by calling their name

(Teacher says in Indonesia the students say in English and on the contrary).

The student who is called her/his name must stand up. When the teacher thinks that the students can memorize the word, let them to play by their friends. In this time, they only say the word in English without the meaning.)

3.      The winner of this game is the students that never make mistake.

4.      When the students make mistake, write his/her name and score of the mistake on the white board.

After playing this game, the good exercise is multiple choices/ draws a line.

Well, the next games to make the students are able to write the word correctly is;

·         Arranging the letters

1.      The teacher gives the letter to their students.

(The students may write the letter that they have on their note)

2.      The teacher will say one of the words. For example: “car”. The students that have letter c-a-r must come forward.

3.      The teacher will limit the time. The teacher will count back, starting of 5-4-3-2-times up.

When times-up the student may not come forward again.

4.      The winner of this game is the students that never make mistake.

Well, that’s the game that I usually play when teaching vocabulary to my students. Anyway, how about the others? Do you have any games to teach vocabulary four your students? What game is it?

Closing

Alright, that’s enough for our discussion today. I hope the discussion can enrich our creativity to teach so that our students feel happy and comfort to study English in our lovely course.

Assalamualaikum and good afternoon.