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Triana
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.