Using Language Games: Its Effects on the Achievement Level of Sophomore High School Students

Introduction English Language of the twenty first century challenges every teacher how to be effective in the field of language teaching. The demand for the use of English Language is so strong that an extreme review of how teacher teaches English language in the classroom is necessary. In the field of language teaching , games have help a lot to make the task of learning less boring and tedious. Used appropriately , games can stimulate the interest of the learner and helped them acquire and internalize certain language skills. English language games are activities engaged in for amusement that involves contest and rivalry. These activities which have definite beginning and end , they are governed by rules and students /learners experience communicating English language receptively or productively. This study was designed to determine the effects of using language games on the achievement level of sophomore high school students in English II. Specifically , it sought answer to the following questions: 1.What are the mean grades in English of the students of control and experimental groups ? 2. What are the pre-test and post- test mean scores of the students of control and experimental groups ? 3. Is there a significant difference in the English achievement level of students using the traditional approach and those using of language games ? 4. What are the students' attitudes towards the acceptability of language games in the teaching of English Language ?
Null Hypothesis There is no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of students in the control group using the traditional approach and the experimental group using the language games. The experimental method of research was used in the study utilizing a teacher made achievement test