Students’ Perception of using Games in the Teaching of Reading Skill

Abstract

The study attempts to investigate students’ perception of using games in reading among upper level students. The study was conducted to fifteen students from a rural school in Padawan, Sarawak, Malaysia. The aims of this study is to find out students’ perception of using games in teaching of reading skill among stage two students, to find out the impact shown according to students’ gender and to investigate whether the usage of games really help the students in learning English Language. The methodologies incorporated in carrying out this study was qualitative which involves questionnaires. It is found that teacher will face some common problems in getting the right approach to teach reading skill as inculcate the reading interest. Based on the result obtained from the questionnaire the outcome of using games in teaching of reading skill shows excellent performance. Furthermore, according to the research done, a game can be a powerful language learning tool. More imortantly, the game was found as an important platform to create learning environment so as to motivate students to learn as well as inculcate the reading interest.