THE USE OF CHARADE GAME TO TEACH WRITING IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: THE CASE OF TENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 1 GUBUG

Al Azhar, Abdullah. 2022. The Implementation of the Charade Game to Teach
Writing In Descriptive Text: The Case of Tenth Grade of SMA Negeri 1
Gubug in the Academic Year 2022/2023. Final Project, English Study
Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI
Semarang. Advisor 1: Entika Fani Prastikawati, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor 2:
Siti Musarokah, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keyword : charade game, descriptive text, writing comprehension.
Language cannot be separated from culture in this case because it represents its
nation and closely relates to the behavior of groups of language speakers. Games
have become a good and effective method teachers use to teach and improve writing
students. One of the Games that can be used to improve students'' writing ability is
the Charade Game. This study aimed to investigate the Charade Game as a teaching
tool, particularly for writing descriptive text. This research used a quasi-experimental
design. According to the non-random sample group, experimental and control groups
were determined. To test it, two similar target groups were selected. To assess the
effectiveness of the Charade Game in teaching writing, the researcher used a quasi�experimental design.To begin the process, the researcher administered a pre-test to
both the experimental and control classes. The Charade Game is used as a treatment
or experiment by the researcher in one of the classes. The first finding revealed that
the students'' writing comprehension was taught using the traditional method. The
researcher found that the students were not active during the learning process and felt
that the conventional method was monotonous. meanwhile, the students prefer using
games to learn, which is one of several things that the experimental group''s results
showed more significantly than the control group. Charade Game could be an
alternative method for teachers and students in teaching descriptive text writing in
learning classes, particularly if students felt that the traditional method was
monotonous and had fewer activities. Charade Game has characteristics that boost
students'' enthusiasm and creativity when learning English, particularly writing
comprehension