Strategy to Improve English Vocabulary Achievement during Covid-19 Epidemic. Does Quizizz Help?

Abstract

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is being increasingly recognized as needing vital emphasis at a national level. To enhance learning in Science and Mathematics, the repertoire of vocabularies plays a significant role. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues its spread across the world, people's vocabulary learning has been limited. Responding to this situation with appropriate awareness, e-learning is being applied to teach the English language. The intent of this study is to utilize Quizizz to enhance the vocabulary achievement among primary English as Second Language (ESL) pupils in rural schools. The study's research employed mixed methods with purposive sampling of 13 participants. The research site was a rural school located 60km from the nearest town. The data were collected both pre and post-test as designed by the researcher and Likert scale questionnaire. The data was analyzed using appropriate quantitative analysis. To shed more light on the implementation, a thematic analysis by use of a semi-structured interview was conducted. The study finds that 10 out of 13 participants have shown an increase in their post-test of filling in the blank scoring test. The data is strengthened by a moderately high mean score of a Likert scale questionnaire. Furthermore, the participants highlighted that the Quizizz's leaderboard matched their favored learning style. In this way, this feature tends to evoke a positive learning atmosphere. Thus, it can be concluded that Quizizz could enhance vocabulary achievement among primary English as Secondary Language (ESL) pupils in rural schools.

Get Ahead with Quizizz: Advancing Junior High School Students' Vocabulary Mastery in Online Learning.

“…These results demonstrated that Quizizz application significantly improved students' vocabulary mastery compared to other similar apps used in the control group. Positive feedback and attitudes from students towards Quizizz as a learning medium were also observed in this study, in line with previous research findings (Huei et al, 2021;Irwansyah & Izzati, 2021). These findings suggest that Quizizz can be effective tools for improving students' vocabulary mastery in English.…”

“…To this end, researchers have explored the use of Quizizz and other similar applications as learning media to improve vocabulary mastery among students. Several similar studies have reported that Quizizz and other similar applications are effective in enhancing students' vocabulary mastery (Arttırmak & Samet, 2018;Huei et al, 2021;Nguyen, 2022). In a similar vein, a recent study implemented Quizizz and other similar applications as learning media to address vocabulary mastery issues (Alhebshi & Gamlo, 2022).…”

Student’s perception towards using Quizizz as an online evaluation medium of English learning

“…Because through this media, students compete with their friends to increase their learning motivation (Zulfa & Ratri, 2022). With Quizizz also, the scores displayed on the leaderboard can provide a positive learning experience (Mohamad et al, 2020;Huei et al, 2021). Furthermore, in the 6th (sixth) statement, 95% of students agreed that the Quizizz media taught them to appreciate the time allotted to work on the questions.…”

Tracing Effectiveness and Challenges in Using Online Tools to Enhance Vocabulary Language Learning: A Review

“…This is reiterated by Mansur and Fadhilawati (2019) in their study where the use of Kahoot application was able to improve students' English Vocabulary achievement that eventually increased their vocabulary learning result from 59.23 to 84.58. Similarly, Huei et al (2021) performs research on Quizizz in improving vocabulary achievement among primary English as Secondary Language (ESL) pupils in rural schools. The finding revealed that Quizizz was able to arouse a positive learning environment and provides an engaging learning environment by recapping words which helps the pupils to enhance their vocabulary learning.…”