Teaching Vocabulary to Young Learner Through Cops and Soldiers Game

摘要

The purpose of conducting this research is to improve student\u27s vocabulary mastery by teaching using Cops and Soldiers Game at first grade students of extracurricular English class of SD Islam Al-Azhar 21 Pontianak in academic year 2013/2014. This research was conducted through A-Pre Experimental design to solve the problems that happened in the class, which was students\u27 lack of vocabulary. The subject of this research was the first students of extracurricular English class of SD Islam Al-Azhar 21 Pontianak in academic year 2013/2014 which consists of 18 students. The research finding showed that Cops and Soldiers Game improves the students\u27 vocabulary mastery. The result of the post test revealed that the mean score was 73.33 while their mean score in pre-test was 58.05. it indicated that Cops and Soldiers Game had improved students\u27 vocabulary mastery on first grade students of extracurricular English class of SD Islam Al-Azhar 21 Pontianak in academic year 2013/2014. In conclusion, Cops and Soldiers Games could improve students\u27 vocabulary mastery.