Concept of Bingo Game (Definition and Kinds)
Definition of Bingo Game
According
to Lopez (2006:11) Bingo Game is a game which lets the whole class or small
groups play. The teacher can serve as the caller, or students can take turns
serving as the caller. The caller calls out the definition, then the players
have to determine if their bingo card has the word that matches the definition.
Through this game, students' problems will decrease, and this makes them begin
to have interest in learning vocabulary. For the winner of the games the
researcher will give them a present, so they will be happy and do not feel
force to study harder than before. Groller (1974:97) states that Bingo is often
played simultaneously by large groups; the winner being the first contestant is
to cover a line of five numbered spaces on his card as selected by chance and
announced by the game caller. Richardson et all (2009:246) said that Bingo Game
is for the whole class that encourages students to study and review their
vocabulary words.
From the theories above it concludes that Bingo Game is a game played by small or large groups in which the first group to mark a complete row of words is the winner and calls out “Bingo!”. Game like Bingo provides an interesting and motivating way to review and reinforce vocabulary words.
Kinds of Bingo Game
According
to Ito & Berry (2001:8), Bingo Games have four classifications such as
Traditional Bingo games; Task Bingo games; Talking Bingo games; and Testing
Bingo games. Traditional Bingo Game, Some of the games involve more
difficult variations on the standard instructions for Bingo. In Task Bingo
Game, the students are required to do something before they can make a square.
Then, in “Talking” Bingo Game, the students have to talk to people
before they can mark a square. In Testing Bingo Game, all of the students have
the same board. If they all get BINGO at the same time, the teacher knows they
have acquired the necessary skills/knowledge.
Finch
(2006:2) said that Bingo Game can be classified as follows:
Picture
Bingo (picture to word): this type use a picture to describe, what the word
that must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher gives the picture then
students guess what the picture is about.
a) Word
Bingo (word to word): this type uses a word to describe, what the word that
must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher give the clue “you need to
mentions provinces in Indonesia” then
the students answer it.
b) Synonym
Bingo (similar word – thesaurus): this type use a synonym to describe, what the
word that must answer by the participants is. Ex: the teacher gives the
students a word then the students need to memorize the synonym of the word.
c) Antonym
Bingo (opposite word): this type uses an antonym to describe, what the word
that must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher gives the students a word
then the students need to memorize the antonym of the word.
d) Translation
Bingo (Indonesia-English, English-Indonesia): this type uses a translation to
describe, what the word that must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher
gives the word in Bahasa Indonesia, and then the students need to answer it in
English.
e) Matching
Bingo (matching a sportsperson to a sport, a singer to a song, etc.): this type
use a matching picture to describe what the word that must answer by the
participant is. Ex: teacher gives a sportsperson then the students need to
match the picture with the sport.
f) 20
Questions Bingo (asking questions about the words) this type uses 20 questions
to describe, what the word that must answer by the participant is. Ex: the
teacher gives 20 questions then the students need to answer it yes or no, not a
long answer.
g) Riddle
Bingo (definitions – dictionary): this type uses definitions to describe, what
the word that must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher give the
definitions of a word then the students need to guest what the definition is
about
h) .Idiom
Bingo (explanations): this type uses an idiom to describe, what the word that
must answer by the participant is. Ex: the teacher gives the explanation or the
meaning of the idiom then the students need to give the suitable idiom.
These various types and
classifications can be employed in various situations and transformations.
Bingo can be used in one form or another for most purposes according to the
language content and the characteristics of the learners (age, proficiency,
affective variables, etc.). In this way, it is hoped to show that the Bingo
concept can be adapted to meet the needs of any group of language learners.
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