STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD THE USE OF WORDWALL AS A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN ELT
Keywords:
Students perception, Wordwall, Formative assessment
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study is to investigate students' perceptions about using Wordwall media as a formative assessment tool in learning English at SMP Negeri 37 Semarang. The subject of this study is 32 students of class VII H of SMP Negeri 37 Semarang in 2023. The data collection method uses questionnaires and interviews. Questionnaires were distributed to determine students' understanding and interviews were conducted to obtain in-depth responses so that the researchers could better describe and analyze students' perceptions of the Wordwall application as a learning tool. The results of this study show that almost all students are interested in using Wordwall as a formative assessment tool because it is easy to use, has an attractive design, and a variety of questions that made students want to use it. It can be concluded that the Wordwall can be used as an assessment tool in the future.
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Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches.
Dafouz, E. & Gray, J. (2022). Rethinking the roles of ELT in English-medium education in multilingual university settings: An introduction. ELT Journal, 76(1), 13–38.
Darliani, Y., & Agustina, C. F. (2019). The implementation of Word Wall strategy in teaching writing descriptive text.. JELA (Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature and Applied Linguistics), 1(2), 61–67. https://doi.org/10.37742/jela.v1i2.12
Fatimah, S. (2020). Students’ Vocabulary Mastery through Word Wall at SMPN 44 Surabaya. JournEEL (Journal of English Education and Literature), 2(2), 22–33. https://doi.org/10.51836/journeel.v2i2.166
Galloway, N. & Ruegg, R. (2020). The provision of student support on English medium instruction programmes in Japan and China. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 45, 100846.
Hall, G. (Ed.). (2020). The Routledge Handbook of English Language Teaching. Routledge.
Handoko, W., Mizkat, E., Nasution, A., Hambali, & Eska, J. (2021). Gamification in Learning using Quizizz Application as Assessment Tools. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1783(1), 012111. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1783/1/012111
Jasmine, J & Schiesl, A. (2018). The effects of word walls and word wall activities on the reading fluency of first-grade students. Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 8(1), 1–14.
Kapp, K.N. (2012). The gamification of learning instruction: Game-based method and Strategies for Training and Education.
Llurda, E. (2017). Non-native-speaker teachers and English as an International Language. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 14(3), 314–323. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.2004.00068.x
Mazelin, N., Maniam, M., Jeyaraja, S. S. B., Ng, M. M., Xiaoqi, Z., & Jingjing, Z. (2022). Using Wordwall to Improve Students’ Engagement in ESL Classroom. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 12(8), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.55493/5007.v12i8.4558
Paksi, G. R., Sari, R. K., & Somawati, S. (2023). Teacher Perceptions on the Use of the Wordwall.Net Application as an English Vocabulary Learning Media. Edunesia: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan, 4(1), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.51276/edu.v4i1.307
Permana, I. G. Y. (2020). Teaching Vocabulary for Elementary School Students. The Art of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, 1(2), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.36663/tatefl.v1i2.56
Reiser, R. A. (1996). Instructional Planning: A Guide For Teacher.
Sari, N. P, Sari, R. P, & Sari, E. P. (2021). EFL students’ perception of Wordwall.net used as media for learning English grammar. Journal of English Language and Pedagogy, 3(1), 1–10.
Schmidt-Unterberger, B. (2018). The English-medium paradigm: A conceptualisation of English-medium teaching in higher education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 21(7), 839–853.
Siti, N. A, Zainuddin, Z, & Yusof, N. (2021). Using Wordwall to improve students’ engagement in ESL classroom. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 12(4), 846–853.
Wachyudi, K. (2019). Disentangling the Role of Linguistics in English Language Teaching. ELT in Focus, 2(1), 29–33. https://doi.org/10.35706/eltinfc.v2i1.2023
Published
2023-09-28
How to Cite
Ranti Sabilla Anjani, Siti Lestari, & Kusnadi. (2023). STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD THE USE OF WORDWALL AS A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN ELT. Didaktik : Jurnal Ilmiah PGSD STKIP Subang, 9(04), 2243 - 2256. https://doi.org/10.36989/didaktik.v9i04.1764
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