Jeopardy classroom instruction: Fostering students’ motivation to learn English vocabulary

Abstract

The issue, dealing with gamification to foster learners’ motivation and vocabulary in learning English, has been investigated recently. It is perceived that gamification will directly affect the teaching-learning process and determine the learning ambiance. This study aims to shed light on the extent of the employment of Jeopardy Classroom Instruction to foster EFL learners’ motivation to learn English vocabulary. The study deployed an action research method with three phases of pre-cycle, cycle 1, and cycle 2. Pre-cycle was to document the initial classroom condition before using Jeopardy Classroom Instruction, while cycle 1 and cycle 2 were for knowing the teaching-learning process situation during the use of Jeopardy Classroom Instruction. The participants were junior high school students. The data were collected through observation, closed-ended questionnaire, and students’ score. The results suggested that Jeopardy Classroom Instruction is an adjunct to aid students’ motivation to learn vocabulary. It helped students to acquire self-belief, learning focus, the value of learning, study management, planning and monitoring and persistence. Also, it mitigated some motivation guzzlers such as learning anxiety, low control, failure avoidance and self-sabotage that might hinder them from learning vocabulary.
 HIGHLIGHTS:
 
 Jeopardy Classroom Instruction helped students to acquire self-belief, learning focus, the value of learning, study management, planning and monitoring and persistence. 
 It mitigated some motivation guzzlers such as learning anxiety, low control, failure avoidance and self- sabotage that might hinder them from learning vocabulary.

Enhancing Vocational High School Students' Reading Skills Using Jeopardy Games

“…Therefore, some improvements were made in cycles I and II to boost students' activeness and generate competition between the students. As mentioned by Kusumaningrum and Binarti (2021), the implementation of Jeopardy in learning activities helps students to improve their participation, motivation, and learning achievement. In cycle I, students were passive and shy to answer questions.…”

“…After some revision and development, in cycle II, the passive students started to show up and try to answer the questions in the jeopardy game. These conditions followed several studies that have already been conducted previously (Kusumaningrum & Binarti, 2021;Sanders et al, 2020;Werdiyani, 2021). Jeopardy games facilitate students to be active learners and demonstrate the students' developments in vocabulary and reading comprehension.…”

“…The influence of Jeopardy games on reading comprehension has been proven by many researchers (Damayanti, 2018;Kusumaningrum & Binarti, 2021;Werdiyani, 2021). However, the individual beliefs, affective or emotional component develops, reading efficacy, and reading challenge should be investigated deeper (Toste et al, 2020).…”

Social media for improving the students’ vocabulary mastery in ESP Maritime English

“…Action research, which involves the participation of practitioners, laymen, and researchers, is the proper way for identifying practical problem-solving in a social setting to increase the quality of action within it (Burns et al, 1967). Additionally, action research was used to enhance the standard of instruction and learning, with a focus on the learner's motivation to acquire language (Kusumaningrum & Binarti, 2021). This study conducted in a maritime polytechnic in Indonesia with 48 (forty-eight) students in the Nautical Department.…”