Investigating the Use of Games in Writing Class

met calf, kim k; dr. santi chairani djonhar, ma; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d;

find out whether students perceive the use of games in writing and tofind out
the challenges faced by teacher when implementing games in writing class.
The researcher was conducting this research in eight meetings. This study is a
qualitative study with selected sampling. The instruments for collecting the data
were questionnaire, interview, teachers’ diary, and students’ documents. While,
data were in the form of questionnaire form, interview transcript, filed note, and
students writing. The result of this research show that teaching and learning process by using games is successful. There are three basics findings as follows (1) games can improve students’ writing ability, it concluded that game as media in teaching and learning could improve students writing skill. The process of implementing also
gave variations in learning so that the learning would not make the students bore
in the class. (2) Students perceive the use of games in writing, students’
perceptions told that applying game is one of good technique to improve students
writing ability since it could help on generating idea, organizing, recalling
vocabulary and grammar usage. (3) The challenges of implementing games
indicate that teachers who have used games for teaching viewed challenges of
implementing games effectively and current educational system as less inhibiting
factors than those who have not used games for teaching.