INTEGRATING GAME-BASED LEARNING OF WORDWALL IN TEACHING AT THE RIGHT LEVEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH)

Abstract

Learning in the 21st century demands that teachers provide active learning and utilize technological advancement as the learning media. Besides increasing students’ motivation, learning using technological media is able to assist the students in learning language. In order to meet the student’s needs based on their characteristics and capabilities, teachers can integrate good teaching media based on a game application. This study aims to increase the student's motivation in learning English vocabulary mastery through the Wordwall application as the teaching media based on the TaRL approach as the differentiated learning strategy. The method used in this study is a qualitative approach conducted through Classroom Action Research. The collected data was through questionnaires of students' motivation through diagnostic assessments. Then, the data was analyzed using Likert Scale. The results indicate that teaching through the digital media of the Wordwall application can be the appropriate way to increase students’ motivation in English class, particularly in implementing the TaRL method as the differentiated strategy that adjusts the teaching process based on students’ characteristics and ability.