Concept of Bingo Game (Definition and Kinds)

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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