Game has often been used by the teacher all over the world in their class becuase of its
ability in creating an enjoyable and fun learning experience for student. In English
classroom, the use of game has an additional benefit of encouraging students to speak and
communicate. This article discusses the benefit of using games for teaching vocabulary in
English classroom. It mainly explains the advantages of implementing games for vocabulary
teaching, when and how to use games for effective vocabulary learning and some examples
of vocabulary games that can be used by the teacher when teaching vocabulary.