Using Games in Teaching Vocabulary

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Using Games in Teaching VocabularyUsing Games in Teaching Vocabulary

Evi SofiawatiEvi Sofiawati

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Why Teach Vocabulary? Why Teach Vocabulary?

Learners depend on vocabulary as their first resource (Huckin & Bloch, 1993)

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Why Teach Vocabulary? Why Teach Vocabulary?

A rich vocabulary makes the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing easier to perform

(Nation, 1994)

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Why Teach Vocabulary? Why Teach Vocabulary?

Learners with poor vocabulary level get frustrated easily in trying to express their thought resulting in

higher affective filter

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The Objective of The Objective of Teaching VocabularyTeaching Vocabulary

The essential objective is for the students:

to acquire, remember, and meaningfully use

newly learnt words.

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Why Use Games?Why Use Games?

Bring in relaxation and fun for students

Stephen Krashen’s hypothesis in ESL acquisition:

lowering affective filter

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Why Use Games?Why Use Games?

Promote students' active participation in

problem solving and critical thinking

The learning theory:

constructivism

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Why Use Games?Why Use Games?Expose interpersonal skills and

positive interdependence

The learning theory:

cooperative learning

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Why Use Games?Why Use Games?

Cater students of different

intelligences and learning styles

Howard Gardner’s theory: multiple intelligences

Fleming’s theory: learning styles

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Why Use Games?Why Use Games?

Involve physical activities

Dr. James J. Asher’s theory: Total Physical Response

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General ProceduresGeneral Procedures

Put students in heterogenic groups

Explain the rules of the games beforehand in details by giving at least one example

Tell students the topic or theme of the day’s

game Give the winning team immaterial as well as inexpensive material rewards alternately

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A Sample Lesson PlanA Sample Lesson Plan

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Learners’ BackgroundLearners’ Background

5th and 6th graders of different schools

English course students of about 2 years of

studying Familiar with each other

6 students

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A Sample Lesson PlanA Sample Lesson Plan

Vocabulary Teaching Objective

By the end of the session (90’), students will be able to use the newly learnt vocabulary by identifying the misplaced words/phrases in a text and putting them in the right places.

Topic

Occupation-related skills and abilities

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Motivating Stage

Warm up the class at the beginning of the lesson by reviewing the vocabulary learnt in the previous

session: kinds of occupations.

Game: Ambiguous Pictures

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The GamesThe GamesAmbiguous Pictures

Draw a small part of a picture

Ask students (Ss) what the picture is Encourage different opinion without

confirming or rejecting their ideas Add a little more to the drawing

and ask Ss again Build each picture in about four stages

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Motivating Stage

Check what students know before teaching new vocabulary items: occupation-related skills and abilities.

Game: Association

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The GamesThe Games

Association

Start by putting a word in the center of a cluster on the board: artistic, for example.

artistic

art

painting

pretty

movie

The first group send a representative to write a related word on one of the branches. If it is related, circle the given word. If it is not, cross it out. The other group take turn doing the same.

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Presentation Stage

Present new vocabulary items in context.

Game: Matching

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The GamesThe Games

Matching Prepare a set of flashcards for each target vocabulary a large

piece of paper on the wall for each group to stick their work later.

Ask the groups to match the flashcards.

Give the key to each group so they can peer-check the other group’s work.

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Summing Up Stage

Review the newly learnt vocabulary focusing more on spelling.

Game: Crossword

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The GamesThe GamesCrossword

Ask a student to write a newly learnt word in the middle of the board.

Think of a word which shares one letter with the word on board and give students a clue to your word. If somebody guesses the word, he or she writes the word so it crosses the first word and shares a letter.

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The Aspects CoveredThe Aspects Covered Multiple intelligences theory:

- linguistic - visual-spatial- bodily-kinesthetic - interpersonal

Learning styles theory:- visual - auditory -

kinesthetic Constructivism theory:

- critical thinking Affective filter theory:

- fun and engaging - student-student interaction Total Physical Response (TPR) theory:

- responding to teacher’s instruction physically

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Assignment

Assign students to find pictures related to each newly learnt word for next session review game.

Game: Matching pictures and words

Autonomous Learner

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T H A N K Y O U