The Implementation Of Chinese Whisper Game For Teaching Speaking To Elementary School Students

Abstract

Speaking is the basic ability in learning a new language that elementary school students have to learn. In fact, the characteristics of elementary school students are still playful, easily bored and have short memory. In addition, many teachers still teach by conventional media so that students are easily bored and less interested in actively participating in learning. For this reason, the researcher proposes to apply joyful learning using Chinese whisper game to teach speaking. The purpose of this research is to update the learning media to be suitable for teaching English speaking to elementary school students. The contribution of this research is to provide references to teachers in updating or developing previous English learning media. This study used an observational research method with a qualitative approach. This research involves the process of teaching speaking using Chinese whisper game to MI Mambahul Ulum 5th grade students with a total of 24 students. The data were obtained from observation, interview and documentation. This study concludes based on observation that Chinese whisper game is an effective media in teaching speaking to elementary school students. By using Chinese whisper games, students can more easily remember vocabulary, pronunciation, and the meaning of a word. And students are more enthusiastic in participating in learning and the classroom atmosphere is more fun. Based on the results of student interviews, almost all (80%) students felt helped in learning speaking by using Chinese whisper games.