Mind Your Grammar! − Learning English Grammar the Fun Way

Metom, Lilly; Tom, Amelia Alfred; Joe, Saira

doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v3n7p402

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“…In terms of the feasibility study of VOCATHON, this innovation utilised a set of questionnaires adapted from Metom et al (2013Metom et al ( , 2016. The questionnaire comprises two parts: Section A and Section B.…”

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Vocathon – The Usefulness of Board Games in Vocabulary Learning through the Multiple Intelligences Approach

2019

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This paper presents a survey study of an innovation project, titled ‘VOCATHON’. It is a language board game that is specifically designed for learning vocabulary at the tertiary level by adapting the psychological basis of Multiple Intelligences Theory by Howard Gardner. Past research has identified that learners’ predominant intelligences are significant predictors for language learning that can be manipulated to motivate acquisition and obtain effective outcomes. Vocabulary learning is a crucial process of language acquisition, in which it engages learners’ knowledge of word definitions, word formation, collocation, synonyms, and etc. This innovation project comprises a set of board game, which includes lexicons from two fields of discipline, namely, Social Sciences and Science and Technology. This project focuses on the employment of providing the learners with vocabulary items that reflect their multiple intelligences. For this purpose, this study aims to identify the diploma students’ acceptance and feedback of the board game by employing the survey method towards the learning of vocabulary through the use of VOCATHON. Based on the survey conducted after playing the board game, the majority of the participants gave positive responses. VOCATHON is asserted to be an effective and practical language board game because it is able to manipulate learners’ multiple intelligences as a learning strategy for enhancing their vocabulary skills and motivating their interest in the learning process. By adapting the right approach, it is important to guide students with diverse multiple intelligences in acquiring vocabulary in order to make language learning more effective and fun.

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“…However, for the purpose of this paper, we decided to keep those items to be in line with prior studies (i.e. Metom et al, 2013Metom et al, , 2016.…”

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2019

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“…The fun element is to get the correct part of speech card to match the tile and to quickly move to the finish line. Language games is an excellent way to make learning grammar fun among learners (Metom et al, 2013;Eskandari et al, 2014). Games also introduce an element of competition into language-building activities which provides valuable impetus to a purposeful use of language (Prasad, 2003).…”

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'Parts of Speech' - 'Drop a Card' Board Game

Vijayarajoo

Singh

Gan

et al. 2019

Soc. & Manage. Res. J.

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Learning grammar can be difficult for learners but this can be changed through interactive activities. Language games are an excellent way to make learning grammar fun among learners. Although the use of language games is not a new tool in the teaching and learning of grammar, employing the right game for a specific grammar item is vital. Hence, this study aims to experiment, using a language game - ‘Parts of Speech’ - ‘Drop a Card’ board game, in efforts to enhance the learning of the parts of speech more effectively. This game is designed to provide practice in identifying the parts of speech in the English language. By playing this game, it is believed that learners will be able to engage and learn grammar in a fun-filled way. Methodology comprised quantitative and qualitative methods, using questionnaire and interview, with the participants, who were college students. The results of the survey demonstrate the effectiveness of the game in the identification and learning of parts of speech. The pedagogical implications are that suitable language games can enhance grammar competence.

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“…This provides them a platform to practise their grammar skills when engaging in the board game. According to Metom et al (2013), "the use of board games is more pleasurable and meaningful as learners can practise their grammar skills in their interaction with others." Furthermore, in a study by Khonmohammad, Gorjian and Eskandari (2014), the researchers examined the use of games in influencing students' motivation in learning English grammar among young learners of English language in Iran, utilising an experimental method.…”

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The Grammar Odyssey

Metom

Tom²,

Shuib³

2016

Eur. j. lang. lit. stud.

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This paper presents a study of an innovation project titled ‘The Grammar Odyssey’, which is a language board game that is specifically designed for beginner and intermediate levels of learners. The board game is a handy device for learning the English grammar items, which integrates fun, simplicity and practicality in order to motivate players to learn grammar. Having mentioned this, learning the English grammar items does not stop at the classroom environment. In fact, language acquisition continues to adulthood even after years of leaving the school, college or institution. Hence, the sample of this research encompassed 22 adult staff members aged 28-57 years old from various administrative and support departments at Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak, Malaysia. This research aimed to identify their acceptance and feedback towards the learning of grammar items through the use of the language board game. Based on the survey conducted on the staff’s feedback after playing the board game, a huge majority of the participants responded positively to the board game, stating that it was a useful, practical and fun tool for learning the English grammar. Thus, using the right approach to learn grammar is essential to help learners of all ages and levels acquire the skills effectively.

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Mind Your Grammar! − Learning English Grammar the Fun Way

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Vocathon – The Usefulness of Board Games in Vocabulary Learning through the Multiple Intelligences Approach

Vocathon – The Usefulness of Board Games in Vocabulary Learning through the Multiple Intelligences Approach

'Parts of Speech' - 'Drop a Card' Board Game

The Grammar Odyssey

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