The effectiveness of teaching vocabulary by using games to the third grade students of SD Negeri 03 Karangmojo, Karanganyar

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Puput Nugroho Aribowo - C9305064 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

ABSTRACT This final project was written based on the writer’s job training as an English teacher in SD N 03 Karangmojo which was done for two months. The writer took one class in third grade as the subject to be observed. This final project discusses the effectiveness of teaching vocabulary by using games to the third grade students in elementary school. During the job training, the writer takes some activities to collect the data by doing as, observation in the class and interviewing the headmaster to get more information about the school. Games used by the writer to teach vocabulary to the students are scramble game; it also called as the “Classical Hidden Word Game”. There were four steps to apply this game; they are warming up, presentation, explanation and production. The teaching process based on this game is divided into two sections. The first section is giving the material about a topic. The second section is allying the game in the class. In the end of the job training, the writer gave test to know the result of teaching vocabulary.