Chapter Five Conclusions and Recommendation

5.1 Conclusions

Based on the research findings, this research generally has answered all the research questions as proposed in chapter one. Some conclusions are presented as follows:

First, with regard to research question one, the teacher applied some steps in implementing games in teaching vocabulary to young learners they are grouping the students, giving explanation and instruction about the game and conducting the game. Second, from the finding of the second problem it indicates that using games in teaching vocabulary to young learner is very helpful. By applying some games in teaching learning process, the students could be more interested in learning the material. The second is by applying some games in teaching learning process, the teacher didn’t need to explain too many materials. The teacher just explained the materials needed by the students because they can understand the material on that day by doing the games. The games could give the students more chance to understand the materials given because through playing they can learned something without realizing it. On the other hand, this research also reveals some challenges issues in teaching vocabulary using games. The first is that students, especially those who speak the same language, prefer using their first language to English. The second, games cannot be successful if the teacher does not explain the tasks and roles of students clearly in playing games.

The third, using games in the classroom sometimes fails due to the lack of cooperation among members of the class. The fourth, The students do too much movement and speak and it caused the teacher difficult to control them. The fifth, by doing games the teacher only had a little time to explain the material and gave some new vocabularies.

5.2 Recommendation

Based on the findings of this research, the researcher recommends some ideas for the teacher who wants to use games in teaching vocabulary to young learners. Firstly the teachers need to be creative in improving many varieties of games in order to avoid student’s boredom and reluctance in saying the words in English. Thirdly drilling needs to be done more often, so that the students have more chance to practice in saying the vocabulary. It means also that the teacher needs to encourage the students to speak English more often to build their confidence in saying the words in English. For further researchers it recommended to work on the curriculum design of using games in teaching vocabulary to Young Learners.

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