THE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING WHILE PLAYING METHOD USED AT AN ENGLISH COURSE IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

English teachers in formal and non-formal class have learning methods for teaching skills in English. Using the teaching method, the teacher improves the skills of students. Therefore, it's very useful to know how to use the method. This research problem was: “How is the learning while playing method used by the tutor in teaching speaking skill?’’. The purpose of this research was to analyse the teaching method used by the tutor in the Master of English Course (MOEC) which is the learning while playing method. The researcher used descriptive qualitative as the research method by using three instruments observation, interview and documentation. Techniques of data analysis were collected through three techniques they are data transcription, data presentation and drawing conclusions. Results of this research showed that the tutor implemented the learning while playing method to teach several elements of speaking skill, through the method students explored vocabulary building, pronunciation and grammatical structure. The tutor implemented this method by the student's understanding of the material becomesone of the important components for the tutor to play the games, The learning whileplaying method applied at MOEC uses several games and the tutor has rules that make the students learning while playing and games that played by the students are determined from the learning objectives to be achieved.