THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUN BRAIN WORDS GAME IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

This study reported the investigation of Fun Brain Words Game in improving students’ reading comprehension in teaching descriptive text. Its purpose is to find out the teacher’s strategy to implement Fun Brain Words Game in enhancing students’ ability in reading descriptive text and the students’ responses on the implementation of Fun Brain Words Game in improving students’ reading descriptive text. Moreover, this study used qualitative research under case study approach and the data were employed from participants that was an English teacher who taught descriptive text by using Fun Brain Words Game. In addition, classroom observation, questionnaire, and interview were used as the instruments in collecting the data. The data obtained from those instruments were proceeded qualitatively into the analysis. The research findings concluded that teacher’s strategy in implementing Fun Brain was in line with the theory from Vogt (2009, p.1). First, list some familiar words which your students know. Connect it with the learning process, in this matter in reading descriptive text. The teacher links it with the learning process, in this matter in reading descriptive text. The teacher is likely to provide the game in session 2 or 3 in teaching learning process. The conclusion showed that student engagement is important for the students to achieve educational purposes. Hence, Fun Brain Words Game is one of the various techniques in teaching descriptive text. furthermore, the teacher is recommended to keep improving student reading comprehension with various ways in the teaching-learning process.