Discussions - FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS - the effect of scrabble game on students

CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSIONS

B. Discussions

good" category. The average score of the table were describe that scrabble game improved students’ speaking skill competence.

children’s learning. The students assumed that they really enjoyed and liked the relaxed atmosphere, the motivation and the competitiveness while play scrabble game.

The findings showed that the students faced difficulties such as pronouncing and memorizing the words. Shelby (2010) states that synonyms and multiple sense English words present special difficulty for foreign learners. There are also differences in English usage in English-speaking countries in terms of vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling and grammar. The result of the findings was eight out of ten students’ chose strong agree that they faced difficulties in learning speaking. Eight out of ten students chose strongly agree that they faced difficulties in memorizing words on speaking learning activity. Seven out of ten students strongly agree that they faced difficulty in pronouncing words on speaking learning. Based on the findings, it is showed that students in English Division at UKM Bahasa face difficulties in learning speaking.

In another word, most of students agree that they ever learned speaking using game as the media and eight out of ten chose strong agree that scrabble game made them motivated to learn speaking. The result of findings shows that students are motivated and interested in learning using scrabble game as a media because scrabble can make the students discover, experiment, and interact with their environment. According to Lewis & Bedson (2003), using

game in the classroom can develop the ability to compete, cooperate, and work together to achieve certain goals. The students must arrange the word per character while playing scrabble to make their spelling ability get better because they can share their ability with their friends.

Another finding showed students strongly agree that scrabble game helped them in increasing their speaking skill. Most of students agree that scrabble game helped them to learn new vocabulary and also students agree that scrabble game helped them to improve their pronunciation. This statements shows the scrabble game gave the students chance to improve their speaking competence in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. It showed that scrabble game could influence the students’ speaking skill.

b. Speaking test

As had been showed in findings, speaking test result supported the questionnaire result. After gave the speaking test with the students and gave the score, the researcher found that students have a high score of speaking in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation. The average score from students for vocabulary were 9.15, and for pronunciation were 9.49. It could be conclude that scrabble game have an effect on improving students’ skill competence.

The result, the researcher has been concluded that scrabble game was a promising method in improving students’ speaking skill competence. It has been supported with previous studies that showed the implementation of scrabble game and the complementary actions were successful to help the students memorize and understand new words easily.

CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

Based on data gathered and analyzed from questionnaire and speaking test, the researcher conclude the result of the study as follows:

1. The first research problem related to the result of questionnaire, most of students’ perceived that Scrabble game is very useful. Using scrabble game could encourage students to be more exited and motivated to improving speaking skill with their friends in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation. Students get new vocabulary that they do not hear before and made them easier to learn about pronunciation. It was because when the students played scrabble in a group they can pronounce particular word correctly so they will share their pronunciation from one another then they will confirmed it from the dictionary.

2. Related to second researcher problem, the result of speaking test showed that Scrabble game was a promising method in improving students speaking skill. It is can be showed by the score of students in speaking test. The improvement of speaking elements such as vocabulary and pronunciation were because the students enjoyed, and got positive learning while played scrabble game. So it can be conclude that scrabble give benefits towards the students’ speaking competence.

B. Suggestions

After analyzing the data gained from questionnaire and speaking skill, the researcher would like to present some suggestion. They are as follows:

1. It is suggestion for lectures related to speaking skill. the research proves that scrabble gives benefits for learning speaking. It can be taken as consideration for lectures to evaluate their way in teaching speaking skill in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation.

2. It suggested for students to realize that mastering English is not easy. This research can be reference for students to practice speaking more and always keep trying with their friends, or somebody else. And also the researcher suggests that they shall maximize the use of scrabble so they can really improve their speaking skill in terms of vocabulary and pronunciation.

3. It is suggested for next researcher, the researcher hopes that this research can inspire other researchers to conduct further research about the use of scrabble game in speaking learning.

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APPENDIX 1 Questionnaire

No. Statements SA A N D SD

1. I have learned English for more than 5 years.

2 Speaking is one of important thing in English 3 I found difficulties in learning speaking

4. I have a difficulty in memorizing words on speaking learning activity

5 I have a difficulty in pronouncing words on speaking learning activity

6. I have ever learned speaking using game as the media.

7. Scrabble game made me motivated to learn speaking 8. Scrabble game helped me in increasing my speaking

skill

9. Scrabble game helped me to learn new vocabulary 10. Scrabble game helped me in memorizing and

recalling the words

11. Scrabble game helped me in improving my pronunciation.

12. Through scrabble game I can learn and share vocabulary mastery by cooperate and ask friends.

13 I could contribute actively in the group when playing Scrabble.

14 Playing scrabble wasting my learning time.

15. I would like to use scrabble to learn English for the future.

APPENDIX II Questionnaire result

APPENDIX III Questions for speaking test

Questions

1. Can you tell me your experience while you playing scrabble?

2. How does scrabble game help you to improve your speaking?

APPENDIX IV

Extract of Speaking Tests MA:

1. Researcher : Can you tell me your experience while you playing Scrabble?

Sample: Actually I used to play scrabble game and it is part of my weakly activity in my organization. This game is so exciting and then I think I can get benefit in this game. First, I can challenge myself to create some word and made some word by the latters that i get at the short time and at the same time if I have known about some word0-s then my friend give or make their own word so I can get new words from my vocabulary list so this is so exiting and beneficial for me.

2. Researcher : How does scrabble game help you to improve your speaking?

Sample: Actually when I was asked about scrabble improve my speaking skill actually, I cannot say that this game can give me a significant benefits because I cannot feel it, I can’t get benefit directly because it’s just improve my vocabulary but actually when I get some new vocabulary and I try to memorizing so it will improve my English speaking it will directly used in my communication proses, for example while I playing scrabble, I am going to communicate with unknown people such as my friends in the game so i directly use the words. So it give the benefit directly but its actually u can get benefit even if its need long time.

1. Researcher : Can you tell me your experience while you playing scrabble?

Sample : I had played scrabble for several time and I think it was so good and I feel fun to learning. I really enjoyed and the most important thing is I can get new vocabulary. Sometimes I feel like “omg how stupid I am”

because I don’t know the vocabulary and so far so good.