Building the Students’ Vocabulary Through Riddles

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This paper aims to discuss vocabulary and riddles, and how to teach vocabulary by using riddles. Vocabulary is the total number of word.  Riddles include a part of vocabulary games, because riddles have criteria of game, it has sense of excitement about words. Teaching vocabulary by using riddles can make learning process interesting, to make students understand the meaning and to make students have ability to communicate with other, and to make students express their ideas in English. There are four steps to build vocabulary are being aware of words, reading, using dictionary, and studying and reviewing regularly. There are two activities in teaching vocabulary. First is learner training. The activities that can be used consist of the students pay attention to form, pay attention to the meaning, take risks and not afraid of making mistakes, and the students know how to organize their own learning, like using dictionaries to know the meaning of word. Second are word games that can be done in teaching vocabulary by using categories of word. Using riddles to teaching vocabulary to make students enjoyable to study vocabulary, to increase student’s ability in learning vocabulary, and to make students understand the meaning of words. To teaching vocabulary by using riddles use three procedure consist of pre-teaching activities the activity done before teaching process, in whilst-teaching activities the teacher instructs and asks the students to do some activities, and post teaching activities is necessary as the follow up phase on what the students have studied.

Key Words : Building Vocabulary, Riddles, Games