The use of Blooket: A Study of Student’s Perception Enhancing English Vocabulary Mastery

Authors

  • Kiki Dwi Sartika SMPN 5 Sumbermanjing Wetan Satu Atap, Indonesia
  • Dwi Fita Heriyawati Universitas Islam Malang
  • Sonny Elfianto Universitas Islam Malang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v7i2.7406

Keywords:

Vocabularry Mastery, Blooket, Student’s Perception

Abstract

Memorizing vocabulary is hard for certain students; this conventional strategy has so many weaknesses. Therefore, technology has an important role in the scope of teaching and learning EFL. Engaging students’ habits with their gadgets, especially in gamification “Blooket†is a new way to enhance students’ vocabulary mastery. This study stands to examine the use of educational games-based learning to enhance Students’ English vocabulary. A qualitative study will be carried out as a study-based design and focus on students’ perception of playing the Blooket game.  40 students (7,8 and 9 grades of Junior High School students) were involved as a subject of research. A questionnaire was given to students using Google Forms to get the data and analyzed it. The result shows that using Blooket can enhance students’ motivation in learning vocabulary because it makes them fun, competitive, and understand the vocabulary (not by memorizing). Blooket also has weakness in speed and accuracy because of Internet connection and the gadget’s performance. Therefore, this can be used as an alternative to breaking the old way of learning vocabulary

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2024-02-04

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Sartika, K. D., Heriyawati, D. F., & Elfianto, S. (2024). The use of Blooket: A Study of Student’s Perception Enhancing English Vocabulary Mastery. ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education, 7(2 November), 357–368. https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v7i2.7406

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Vol. 7 No. 2 November (2023): ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education provides scientific manuscripts of research results in the field of English Language and Education. This issue has been available online since 31th December 2023. All articles in this issue (19 original research articles) were authored/co-authored by 52 authors from 25 affiliations and 6 countries (Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Africa, Arab Saudi, and Egypt).

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