Written Report - Journal

Title	Using Communicative Games in Improving Students’ Speaking Skill
Presented by	Hana Muslimah
Gap	This research focuses on the appropriate way to increase students’ speaking skill. The result shows that students’ speaking skill better in both their condition, fluency, enthusiasm, confidence. This research could make a funny and enjoyable way in teaching speaking as well as can make the teacher more creative in teaching speaking skill. However, It is also to investigate /analyze/improve/find out the effectiveness of this game in another skill or another issues.
Title of your research	Encouraging Students’ Activeness to speak through Communicative Games by
Rationale	One of the most common problems that most students face when learning a language is their inability to speak it. Their inability make them inactive when learning English were conducted in the class. Communicative Games can be an alternative way to overcome students’ difficulties in learning how to speak English. In fact, they can improve their speaking skills be more active. However, talking about communicative games cannot be separated from those two terms;” communicative” and “game”. The word communicative refers to the communicative approach in which teaching-learning activity avoids the concentration towards grammar and vocabulary but emphasizes on the significance of language function (Harmer, 200). In other words, these activities will involve students in real communication, where the achievement of their communicative task is more important than the accuracy of language they use. Besides, it will indirectly make students willing to get involved in every activity in the classroom that will make them have to get used to being active. Therefore, it can give positive impact towards students’ motivation and classroom atmosphere which in line with Michael J Wallace (1987), language games are used for increasing emphasis on the importance of motivation and the appropriate kind of positive effective atmosphere in the classroom. Keyword:   Communicative Games, EFL Classroom, Speaking, Activeness
Your Research Question(s)	1.      What kinds of communicative games that are appropriate with young learners? 2.      How does the Communicative Games Used in encouraging students become active? 3.      Is Communicative Games encourage the students become active?