gaming, like what Wright (2006) stated  that “game is 
an activity which is entertaining and engaging, often 
challenging and an activity in which the learners play 
and usually interact with others”. The Bingo games 
had succeeded in creating a good atmosphere for the 
students to speak a lot. It also managed to lower their 
hesitation to speak up.Moreover, the findings of this 
study are also in line with  the previous related studies 
on the use of Bingo game in improving some 
elements of speaking: vocabulary, grammar, 
pronunciation, and comprehension. Bingo game was 
reported to be succesful in improving students’ 
vocabulary mastery (Jia-Jiunn Lo & Fang-Li Tseng 
(2011); Rosidi & Faliyanti (2014); Herlina (2015); 
and Puspita & Losari (2016)). Besides,  Bingo game 
can also enhance students’ grammar knowledge, 
especially on the use of preposition of time and place 
(Saadilah & Adawiyah). In addition, Bingo game has 
also improved students’ pronunciation (Pui Kuet Poh 
(2015)). Furthermore, Bingo activities in the class can 
increase students’ comprehension (Weisskirch 
(2009)). 
From the point of view of game positive effect to 
speaking ability in general, this study also conformed 
to the studies conducted by Dewi et.al. (2017). They 
reported that using communicative games improved 
the students’ speaking skill. The 2-cycle classroom 
action research that they conducted was able to 
improve the students’ mean score from  60.42 to 
69.02 in the first cycle, and reach up to 78.77 in the 
second cycle. Besides, other research instruments like 
observation, interview and questionnaires had 
managed to obtain the students’ perception over 
communicative games of having good influence on 
students’ participation, confidence, and fluency in 
class.  
  Finally, the statistical results of the calculation 
of the current study had proved that the Null 
Hypothesis, which stated that there is no significant 
effect of Bingo game on the students’ speaking ability 
was rejected, and the Alternative hypothesis, which 
stated that there is significant effect of the Bingo    
game on the students’ speaking ability was accepted. 
Furthermore, the effect size of 0.87 had fallen into the 
criteria of large size effect. Therefore, Bingo game 
had definitely given significant effect to the speaking 
ability of the students, especially in describing 
people. 
5  CONCLUSION 
Based on the findings of the study, it can be drawn 
a conclusion that Bingo game had given significant 
effect to the speaking ability of the students, 
especially in describing people. It was proved by the 
statistical calculation of t-test through SPSS 22 that in 
Sig. (2-tailed), the p score was 0.005, in which it was 
lower than the determined significance value 0.05. As 
the result, p < α or (0.005 < 0.05), which meant that 
Null Hypothesis (Hѳ) was rejected and the 
Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. In other 
words, there is a significant effect of Bingo game on 
students’ speaking ability, especially in describing 
people. 
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