A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF VOCABULARI ADHIEVEMENT OF YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH WORD GAMES AT LANGUAGE CENTER, JEMBER UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Vocabulary as the main concern in this thesis plays an important role in language learning. this thesis was intended to describe the young learners' achievement of vocabulary by using word games. the research was conducted at language center, jember university on 21 and 22 july 2000. the respondents were 21 student of the cebter of young learners in the level ll module by using test and analyzed by using descriptive statistics. the finding showed that the word games were effective for teaching, english of vocabulary for young learners. in general, the students' achievement of vocabulary was veri good(85,8%). specifically, the students' achievement of nouns were excellent (98,6%), the students' achievement of verb were also excellent (97,1%), and the students' achievement of adjectives were good (77,1%), and the students' achievement of prepositions were more than enough (70,4%). realizing that the word games are effective for teaching english for young learners, it is better for the english teacher to use games as a variety of teaching tecnique, especially in teachong vocabulary.