The Influence of Language Games on Students’ Learning Outcomes in English Vocabularies in Early Grades

Abstract

Vocabularies are considered as the most commanding component for any
foreign language learning such as English. Despite the importance of
vocabularies, they are being taught in a customary, conventional and
uninterested manner in government schools of Pakistan. On the other
hand, in teaching English vocabularies specially to young
learners/students, Language games are being used globally. The purpose
of this study was based on influence of language games with observed
variable of students’ learning outcomes with English vocabularies.
Quasi-Experimental of pure quantitative type was adopted as being
suitable with the nature of the study. Nonrandomized control group pretest post-test design was selected for this study. Through convenient
sampling, the population of the study was delimited to one government
school of Quetta city. The data collecting tool was a teacher made test.
Class three stuednts were divided into two groups comrasing thirty
students in each. Customary and game pedagogy were used to teach
English vocabularies for six weeks. Using SPSS 23 version, the data was
analysedby simple descriptive and inferential statistics. It was concluded
through the findings that in teaching English vocabularies, language
games have a substantial influence on students’ learning outcomes.