ENGLISH BOARD GAME: IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS AMONG YEAR 6 PUPILS IN SK AYER PUTEH, PENDANG

Abstract

This study investigates the efficacy of utilising an English Board Game as an educational tool to enhance Year 6 pupils' comprehension of the past simple tense and the proper construction of simple sentences. Many of these students struggled with their writing skills, often failing to use appropriate tenses in their past narratives and facing difficulties in crafting grammatically correct sentences, which subsequently hindered the clarity of their written work. Although a list of irregular verbs in the past simple tense form were already given to the pupils, they still could not remember and used the incorrect form of the verb when writing sentences in the past simple tense. Thus, the introduction of the English Board Game aims to address these challenges. To attain the study's objectives, a pre-test and post-test were administered to 22 Year 6 pupils in SK Ayer Puteh. The results indicated significant progress among all participating pupils following the implementation of the post-test. 16 out of 22 pupils managed to score full marks in the post-test whereas none of them managed to do so in the pre-test. Moreover, the students found the learning process enjoyable and devoid of stress, as the activities incorporated within the English Board Game fostered engagement. This pedagogical approach holds potential for extension to other tense forms such as the past participle form of verbs that Year 6 pupils need to master to improve their language knowledge.