Language Games to Enhance Reading and Writing Comperehension for Kindergarten Children

Isah Cahyani

2017

Abstract

Young children generally enjoy games and are content with their participation in a variety of activities. Making something by themselves and feeling proud of their creation may boost their self-confidence. They also learn from the praise or criticism by teachers, parents and other children about the work they made. Language games can stimulate children’s motor nerves that allow to be creative without limits, form a creative mindset, and facilitate language skills. This paper aims to delineate literacy development of 24 kindergarten students after participating in a language games such as drawing an apple, fish, worm, bucket, and person. The game is designed to be attractive and suits the age of the children. The materials was made as stress-free materials and does not demand children to always produce a good work. The study conducted through surveys and interviews. The results showed that using games was effective to enhance student’s reading and writing learning ability. By using language games, students also able to enjoy and learning happily without pressure.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cahyani I. (2017). Language Games to Enhance Reading and Writing Comperehension for Kindergarten Children.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 638-643. DOI: 10.5220/0007172406380643

in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Isah Cahyani},
title={Language Games to Enhance Reading and Writing Comperehension for Kindergarten Children},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={638-643},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007172406380643},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Language Games to Enhance Reading and Writing Comperehension for Kindergarten Children
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Cahyani I.
PY - 2017
SP - 638
EP - 643
DO - 10.5220/0007172406380643