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  • Vocabulary is the basic element of language that has to be mastered by young learners to study English. Without mastering vocabulary earlier young learners will get problem to continue their study. Teaching vocabulary in elementary school is not easy, the students are difficult to understand and memorize vocabulary. This condition also happened in MI NU Nurus Shofa Karangbener Kudus. After analyzing the problems, the researcher assumes to give an appropriate technique that is Gesture Game Technique to improve students’ vocabulary mastery. The objective of the research is to improve students’ vocabulary mastery by using gesture game of the Fifth Grade Sudents of MI NU Nurus Shofa Karangbener Kudus in Academis Year 2013/2014 through Classroom Action Research (CAR). The Classroom Action Research was conducted by the teacher to make improvement in score and also in teaching learning process. In this research there are 2 cycles and each cycle consists of four steps; they are: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. This research was conducted at fifth grade students of MI NU Nurus Shofa Karangbener Kudus in Academis Year 2013/2014 that consist of 28 students. The result shows that the students’ vocabulary mastery improve from cycle I until cycle II. In pre-cycle, the average of the students’ vocabulary score is 61.53, in cycle I the average of the students’ vocabulary score is 71.78 and in the cycle II of the students’ vocabulary score is 89.28. Besides, the students and teacher’s activity are improved and the problem that faced by the teacher are decreased in every cycle. Therefore, the researcher conclude that the use of gesture game can improve students’ vocabulary and it is an effective technique to use at the fifth grade students of MI NU Nurus ShofaKarangbener Kudus in Academic Year 2013/2014. So, the researcher recommends suggestion. Teacher could use Gesture Game as a technique of teaching and learning to teach English especially English vocabulary.