Teaching Vocabulary Using Snake and Ladder Games to Second Grade Students at SDN Lirboyo 2

Abstract

Because English is a mandatory subject for all students in schools in Indonesia, schools are under pressure to make learning the language fun for students. The main aim of learning English in elementary schools is to master and increase the number and enrichment of vocabulary (vocabulary building and enrichment) to support the mastery of the four English language skills, namely speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and in this article the researcher will discuss vocabulary teaching specifically. Vocabulary mastery is one of the linguistic competencies that must be mastered in learning a language. Memorizing a language involves memorizing a lot of vocabulary. This method is used in this research to collect data and describe it naturally. The data was obtained from interview, observation, and documentation. The method applied in this research is descriptive qualitative method. The objective of this research is to describe teaching vocabulary using snake and ladder games in teaching learning process. The results show that (1) using a snake and ladder game is potential to can improve student comprehension and vocabulary mastery of second grade students, (2) The students can find the meaning and learn new vocabulary through snake and ladder game and (3) despite of some difficulties, students seem enjoy the learning.