Studying and investigating the nature of matching pairs and analysis on teaching English vocabulary through it

Words are the building blocks of a language, and as such, the acquisition of vocabulary is extremely important. Through building vocabulary, students can express themselves more fully and with more confidence. Conversely, having a limited vocabulary can negatively affect how students are able to communicate.Since comprehension is the ultimate goal of reading, the importance of vocabulary development cannot be overestimated. A robust vocabulary improves all areas of communication — listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary is critical to a child’s success for these reasons: Vocabulary growth is directly related to school achievement. The size of a child’s vocabulary in kindergarten predicts the ability to learn to read. Vocabulary helps children to think and learn about the world. Expanding a child’s knowledge of words provides unlimited access to new information. A ۲۰۱۲ study by Meredith Rowe, an Associate Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard, discusses the ideas of quantity versus quality of speech used with infants and toddlers. At early ages (between ۱۲ and ۲۴ months), the amount of language used is important. Parents and other caregivers should speak to the child all the time and provide consistent word models. Children need to hear words modeled many times before they will begin to use the words, so the more frequently they are exposed to words, the better the likelihood that they will gain that word in their vocabulary. Between ۲۴-۳۶ months, it is recommended that caregivers begin to use different words, with greater variety to expand vocabulary skills. Matched pairs design is an experimental design where pairs of participants are matched in terms of key variables, such as age and IQ. One member of each pair is then placed into the experimental group and the other member into the control group. Matching pairs game is a game where the students match the word with the picture in the other sheet. This descriptive study aims to describe the implementation of match words game in teaching English vocabulary for the students at SMP Penda Tawangmangu. The problem in this study focuses on the procedure of teaching english vocabulary using match words game, the problems faced by teachers and students, problem solving by the teacher, and studrnts responses toward the use of match words game. Games are tools that make them easy for students to learn new things. The students enjoyed learning while playing. The author takes the students from seventh grade and eighth grade students as research subjects. Data is taken from classroom observations and interviews with students. The researcher acts as a teacher in implementing match words games. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the problems faced by teacher in teaching vocabulary is that the class is not conducive and the problem faced by students is the vocabulary they mastered was only a little, so that making students difficult when carrying out the game. Problem solving applied by the teacher in ۲ teaching vocabulary is to create a good relationship between teacher and student. The teacher admonishes students smoothly and patiently in dealing with student behavior. The teacher collaborates the teaching and learning process with the game and must be calm to teach vocabulary one by one from easy material. The use of games can increase students' motivation and interest in learning new vocabulary.

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Data ، matching pairs ، match words ، teaching vocabulary ، game ، matched