AK20603 KAEDAH PENYELIDIKAN KOMUNIKASI SESI 2015/2016 NAME : LOH SI WEN MATRIC NO : BA14110252 GROUP : A GROUP NAME : TRIPLE S LEADER NAME : SEPTIVIANA MALAU BA14110586 GROUP MEMBER: YEOH SU MAY BA14110701 TITLE : Mastery Students English Proficiency through English Application Games: A Comparative Research Towards Oh My English! And Johnny Grammar Word Challenge
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AK20603 KAEDAH PENYELIDIKAN KOMUNIKASI
SESI 2015/2016
NAME : LOH SI WEN
MATRIC NO : BA14110252
GROUP : A
GROUP NAME : TRIPLE S
LEADER NAME : SEPTIVIANA MALAU BA14110586
GROUP MEMBER: YEOH SU MAY BA14110701
TITLE :
Mastery Students English Proficiency through English Application Games:
A Comparative Research Towards Oh My English! And Johnny Grammar
Word Challenge
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CONTENT
PAGES
1.0 INTRODUCTION 2-3
1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT 4
1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4
1.3 OBJECTIVE 4
1.4 SCOPE STUDIES 5
1.5 IMPORTANT OF STUDIES 6
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 7-9
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 10
4.0 RESEARCH INSTRUMENT 10
5.0 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 11-17
6.0 DISCUSSION 18-19
7.0 CONCLUSION 20
8.0 REFERENCES 21-22
9.0 APPENDIX 23-24
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Mastery Students English Proficiency through English Application Games:
A Comparative Research Towards Oh My English! And Johnny Grammar
Word1.0
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Although some parents or teachers feels that playing game is a time consumer, but
there are some games that bring benefits to the students especially language games.
The basic steps to have a good and proficiency language in reading, writing, speaking
and listening is have a strong language basic in grammar and vocabulary. A strong
language basic will increase the students become more confidence while they are
speaking or writing. Therefore, students can play the game such as language games
to help themselves improve or build a strong language basic. For a comparison of plays
language games and using exercise book as learning. Language games will be more
interesting, relaxing and students can understand faster compare to exercise book.
This is because exercise book is mostly full of text which can lead students feel bored
to continue doing the exercise. Language games is different because it not only contain
text but also included visual and audio. So, it may increase the intention of students
play the game as practice or learning. Besides, by putting learners in real life situations,
games make a connection with the real usage of language.
According to McCallum (1980) explains that there are many advantages of games such
as:
1. Focus students’ attention on specific structures, grammatical patterns, and
vocabulary items.
2. Can function as reinforcement, review and enrichment.
3. Involve equal participation from both slow and fast learners.
4. Can be adjusted to suit the individual age and language levels of the students.
5. Contribute to an atmosphere of healthy competition, providing an outlet for the
creative use of natural language in a non-stressful situation.
6. Can be used in any language teaching situations and with all skill areas (reading,
writing, speaking or listening).
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In this game research, the researcher will use two English language game which is Oh
My English! And Johnny Grammar Word 1.0 for research. This two games is basically
focus on English grammar. Grammar games is chosen by researcher because
mastering the grammar concept will eventually produce proficient language learners.
“Grammar is not just a dry list of facts and rules. It is in our heads, and it is a living
resource that gives us the ability to communicate our ideas and feelings and to
understand what other people say or write to us” (Scrivener, 2003). Therefore,
researcher choose English grammar games as a research to make sure the factors of
helping students in mastering English language skills and improve their English level.
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1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT
There is a lot of games offer language learning materials by using online and non-
online applications. These materials can be downloaded and installed in smartphones
and also tablets no matter there are in iOS or Android version. However, can the
application game Oh My English! and Johnny Grammar Word Challenge help students
in improving and mastering their English level?
1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What is the content of the English application games chosen?
2. Can the application games chosen help students in mastering English language
skills and improve their English level?
1.3 OBJECTIVES
1. To analyse which English application games is more suitable for students in
mastering English language skills and improve their English level.
2. To make sure the factors of helping students in mastering English language
skills and improve their English level.
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1.4 SCOPE STUDIES
The scope studies for this game research is based on UMS students. Language
game have no age limit for anyone, it can be play by kids, child, young adults and
even parents who do have child with them. A strong English grammar basic is
important for all students especially college and University students. University
students must have a strong basic in English grammar because the lecturer class will
be conduct in English by the lecturer. Besides, most of the references books and
lecture’s notes are also English version. Thus, if students have a good and proficiency
English basic, they can understand well during lecturer class.
However, there will be difference between students who are strong in English
language and students who are weak in English language. While comes to answer
exam questions or doing assignment, students who have a good and proficient in
English basic can easily answer all the questions during exam with their own ideas and
good writing skills. Whereas, students who have a weak English basic were facing a
problem of answering the questions because they can’t easily write out their ideas by
using English. Therefore, students will evade on writing in English for their assignment
and during exam. Most of the UMS students will choose to answer the exam questions
or assignments by using other language instead of English especially students in
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage.
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1.5 IMPORTANT OF STUDIES
The important of this study by researcher is to make sure the factors of helping
student in mastering English language skills and improve their English level by using
two of the English application which is Oh My English! and Johnny Grammar Word
Challenge.
The ranking of the English language in the world is in the third place after
Mandarin and Spanish language. Therefore, English is very important for every
students which is not only important during their study life but it was also important
for them in the future while they go for work. Students might need to go for jobs
interview after they graduate and most of the interviewer will use English language to
interview the interviewee. Thus, students who have good and proficient in English
language will have the benefits during interview sessions because they are able to give
out their ideas by using their proficient English. Hence, students who are weak in
English are not able to express and communicate well. So form this situation students
will get to know that English is important.
From these studies, researcher get to know whether the English’s game
applications can help to improve the skills and level of the students who play it as a
English learning platform. However, researcher can also get to know or analyse which
game applications is more suitable for students to play it for learning, what game
applications can increase the interest of students in learning English and improve or
mastery their English language after they played the game. After the studies,
researcher can introduce the more suitable English game application for students who
willing to learn and improve their English language by playing the language game.
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2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
Game increase students’ involvement, motivations and interest in the material
and allow the instructor to be creative and original when presenting topics.
(Odenweller, 1998). Games also challenge students to apply the information, thus
allowing them to evaluate their critical thinking skills. They create a challenging
constructively competitive atmosphere that facilitates interaction among students in a
friendly and fun environment. (Patil, 1993) In my opinion, I agree that game increase
students’ involvement, motivations and interest because while students playing games
especially educational games such as Oh My English! and Johnny English Grammar,
students not only get to learn and improve their English level, games can capture
students’ attention when there are time limits because they feel challenging. Therefore,
it motivate students want to learn more when they didn’t get the score they want while
playing the games which has time limit. The games Oh My English! and Johnny English
Grammar
According to Putri Yasmin Megat Zaharuddin, Astro’s GenNext Business vice
president (27 February 2015), “Oh My English may have stood out because it creates
conversation around content.” Besides, “Oh My English have a comprehensive 360-
degree digital approach which works simultaneously with the television broadcast. For
instance, viewers can answer questions posed by the show’s characters through their
mobile devices in a segment called Brainbox.” The interactive, multi-platform Oh My
English experience to life and inspired millions to improve viewers English said by Putri
Yasmin. In my opinion, Oh My English is a good education program or shows which
can helps to increase the English proficiency of viewers especially kids, children and
also students. The teaching of English was conduct by using acting, whereas it won’t
made the viewers feels boring and the shows was interesting. However, learning while
watching can helps viewers easily to memorize or remember what they had learnt
because it contains audio and visual. Besides, viewers can also learn by answering the
questions which was asked by the characters of the shows. The correct answer will
also be stated or mention to let the viewers learn it.
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McCallum (1980, p. ix) suggesting that “games automatically stimulate student
interest, a properly introduced game can be one of the highest motivating techniques.”
From the words “games automatically stimulate student interest”, we can understand
that student will be more interest to exercise such as English grammar which have
audio or visual compare to exercise that only contain text. This is because they will
feel bored and couldn’t remember the text easily without any image shown in the
exercise as an example. For example, the game Oh My English! have 10 different types
of English games in one level, from these game player won’t feel bored yet they still
get to learn English. Player need to increase their score then only can go to the next
level. Therefore, this shows that it will helps player or students to increase their English
language level and English skills because the questions will become harder in the next
level. However, for the Johnny Grammar Word Challenge game, it will tells the player
what is the correct answer after they finished the level. Hence, player get to learn from
their mistake by read through the correct answer that have been given. Both of the
games have time limit to answer and it’s in visual and audio, so, students will easily
remember what they have been learn from the English game.
Games increase learners’ proficiency in practicing grammar communicatively.
With the help of grammar games, students can develop their ability in using language
as they are given as a chance to use language in the situations which have a purpose
(Deesri, 2000, p.3). However, Celce-Murcia and Hilles (1988, p.132) claim that when
English language learners participate in games, the languages they use is task-oriented
and their aim is more than producing the correct speech. Therefore, games provide
learners with a chance to practice grammar communicative practice. In my opinion,
English games do helps students in their education or in the future because strong
basic of English language helps students easily understand the text they are reading
and also be able use different and profound English words while writing. Hence, a
good and strong English level or English skills is very important especially for those
undergraduate students. Meanwhile, students can also apply the things that they learn
in the games in their study.
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The advantages of using games as learning is “games play the important part
of children’s development and learning language (Anyuegbu et al., 2012, Gardner;
cited in Al-Nafisah 2012). “Learning through games is useful, meaningful, worthwhile
and effective that causes the motivation, relaxation and dun to learners. The learners
can learn languages fundamentally and easily through games.” (Anyuegbu et al, 2012;