Minggu, 15 Juli 2012

PICTURES GAME

PICTURES GAME

A.    Describing The Technique
            Pictures are used to arouse interest and concentrate attention at the beginning of the lesson. Picture is one of the materials that can be used as game. Picture is very attractive material to attract students’ attention.  While hitting the pictures game is one of the games or techniques which is very interesting for young learner. They will be happy when the teacher gives games for them. They are interested in game because when play the game, they can enjoy their selves, feel comfortable and safe in teaching learning process. This game is very unique and simple. The students can move their part of body by running, hitting, and not just write down or use their mind in learning process; According to (Wendy A. Scott and Lisbeth H. Ytreberg; 2011) Don’t rely on the spoken word only. Most activities for young learners should include movement and involve the sense. You will need to have plenty of object and pictures to work with, and to make full use of the school and surrounding. Therefore, hitting the pictures game is a really good technique to teach the students, especially to young learners.
            In this game, the student puts the pictures on the board, wall and around the class and the students hit the pictures based on what the teacher says. According to Jeremy Harmer, the students especially young learner understanding comes not just from explanation, but also from what they see and hear and crucially, have a chance to touch and interact with. Therefore, hitting the pictures game is a technique which the students can understand quickly the lesson by touching the picture, listening to the teacher and learn happily and fun through the game.

B.     The Implementation of Game
            This kind of game can develop the students’ ability to mastery Listening, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Speaking.


1.      Mastery Listening Skill.
      Hitting Pictures Game is one of games which the teacher can use in teaching Listening. First the teacher asks the students put the pictures on the whiteboard, wall or around classroom. The teacher invites two students to come in front of the classroom, then the teacher tells the students to hit the pictures based on what the teacher say. The technique is very effective to improve the students’ Listening Skill for the game automatically make the students memorize the sound of speaker/teacher if they don’t want to be loser or they will motivate their selves to be winner for the game.

2.      Mastery in Vocabulary
      To develop language skill, the first thing that the students have to know is Vocabulary. Vocabulary is very important to students – it is more important than grammar for communication purposes, particularly in the early stages when students are motivated to learn the basic words they need to get by in the language. Through Hitting the Pictures, the students will learn new words automatically by memorizing the words that related to the pictures. Pictures will make the students are easier to memorize the words.

3.      Mastery in Pronunciation and Speaking.
      Hitting the pictures game is effective to develop the students’ pronunciation. When the students listen to the teacher, the students also learn how to pronounce the words or the other ways, the teacher gives chance to one of the students to say the words and two other students to hit the pictures based on their friend’s say.  Therefore, the students will learn how to pronounce the words and speak automatically.




C.    Advance and Disadvance
The Advance of Hitting the Pictures Game:
1.      The students will be happy when the teacher gives games for them. They are interested in game because when play the game, they can enjoy their selves, feel comfortable and safe in teaching learning process. Therefore, the teacher will easy to transfer his/her knowledge  
2.      The students will motivate theirselves to be the winner of the game.
3.      The students can mastery the language skill and also the language aspect automatically through this game.

The Disadvance of Hitting the Picture Game:
1.      It’s difficult to implement the game for the students which amount of them more than 30 students because they will be very noisy.
2.      The technique just suitable for Elementary School Students.
3.      Sometimes, it can be very danger when the students play this game careless.
They can be hurt if they do this game not carefully. So, the teacher have to be pay attention for the moving of the students in playing the game.













References

Gower, R. D. (2001). Teaching Practice. Thailand: Macmillan .
Harmer, J. (2011). The Practice of English Language Teaching. New York: Longman.
Ytreberg, W. A. (2011). Teaching English to Children. New York: Longman.

               

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