Educational Board Game to Increase Elementary School Students’ Interest in Learning Javanese Script

Abstract

Javanese is one of the languages in Indonesia. In Surabaya, Javanese is taught from elementary school.
Currently, children are more interested in foreign languages, so they become less interested in learning
Javanese script, especially because Javanese script has a high level of complexity. One way to increase
elementary school students' interest in learning Javanese script is by designing educational games about
Javanese script. The design of educational games aims to increase children's interest in learning Javanese
script. Data collection regarding the Javanese language curriculum, educational games, Javanese script, board
games, visual communication design theory and other theories was carried out by conducting interviews with
the Head of Elementary School Curriculum, elementary school regional language teachers and in-depth
searches via the internet, books and journals. This game is designed using a number of methods such as looking
for ideas, determining the age of the players, the goal of the game, how the players win, and writing down the
basic rules. This design produces media in the form of the educational game Raja Aji Saka, which is a board
game that includes Javanese script material, namely nglegena script, sandhangan, and pair script, which can
be played in stages. This game is adapted from the legendary story of Aji Saka, which is the origin of the
creation of Javanese script.