Effectiveness of language games for teaching vocabulary at basic level

Abstract

The research entitled "Effectiveness of Language Games for Teaching Vocabulary at Basic Level” aimed to find out the effectiveness of language games for teaching vocabulary in grade three. The study involved 20 students of grade three from Shree Saraswati Basic School, Patharisanischare-4 Morang district. A pre-test was given to determine the student's proficiency level in vocabulary before dividing them into two groups. The experimental group was taught vocabulary using different language games while the control group was taught using traditional methods. A post-test was administered to both groups, and the results were compared to determine the effectiveness of the language games. The main findings of this study are that teaching vocabulary through the use of language games at Primary level is more effective than teaching without using language games. The study's background provides the importance of teaching English language and vocabulary knowledge to attain proficiency in the English language. The statement of the problem presents the difficulty in teaching vocabulary to basic-level students. The methodology of this study was a pretest-posttest equivalent group design involving 20 students of grade three as the sample population of my study. The students were divided into two groups using a simple random sampling procedure. The result of the pre-test and post- test was tabulated, and calculated to find the average marks and their percentage difference. The findings of the study suggest that language games can help students learn new words along with pleasure, and excitement and develop children's emotional, mental, and physical ability for learning. The study implies that teachers should adopt different new techniques to teach vocabulary to make the classroom interesting, motivating, entertaining, and meaningful for effective and long-lasting learning.