1. REINVENTING INDONESIAN TRADITIONAL GAME IN EFL

1. REINVENTING INDONESIAN TRADITIONAL GAME IN TEACHING ENGLISH

A. CINGCIRIPIT

In West Java(Sunda), Indonesia. There are  lot of children's games called kaulinan budak. Many of the games should begin by looking for players who should be guardian cat or ucing   or ucing sumput bancakan.

Now, to decide who would be “ucing”,  there are several ways that can be used, such as pulling a grass of a pile  of grasses held by a player, one of which was given a knot. A player who gets a knotted grass should start the game.

Another way is to put the  index finger of one hand into the palm of the game master. After all the participants put their index finger, then they begin singing cingciripit:

Cingciripit, tulang bajing kacapit,
kacapit ku bulu paré,
bulu paré seuseuketna,
jol, pa’ dalang mawa wayang, Jékjéknong !

Meaning:
Cingciripit, squashed squirrel bones,
pinched by the reed,
 sharp reed,
Jol, Puppeteer bring puppets, Jékjéknong!

At Jékjéknong words, all participants must be ready to pull his finger, if pinched or caught by the game master, then he would be the one who has to play the game.

The use in EFL

1. This game can be modified to decide who needs to answer a question, Spell a word, or start any game. The song , of course, can be changed to any English children Songs or simply by saying A, B, C, One, Two, Three.