Abstract
Teachers are encouraged to increase students’ motivation by implementing innovative techniques and strategies. Ice breaker is one of teaching technique that can improve students’ learning motivation in which it provides a fun learning activity. The current study investigated the effect Kahoot as an ice breaker on EFL students’ motivation. This study was an experiment with posttest only control group design. The data were collected from a motivation questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that students in experiment group shows higher level of motivation compared to students in control group. The result of t test showed that the mean difference between groups are significant. Thus, it can be concluded that Kahoot as an ice breaker effected EFL students’ motivation in learning.
Highlights
Teaching English as a foreign language is quite challenging, considering that the students have rare opportunities to learn English at the outside of the class
Kahoot is effective to create a fun learning environment that influence students’ motivation in which it can be seen through the studies conducted by several researchers before
The engagement of the students through the use of Kahoot in language teaching shows that they have a higher motivation to learn and Kahoot involves them to actively participate in the classroom
Summary
Teaching English as a foreign language is quite challenging, considering that the students have rare opportunities to learn English at the outside of the class. The main challenge that should be faced by EFL teachers is students’ motivation itself. Wagiyo (2018) states that most of EFL students have a lower motivation in learning English and they regarded English as a compulsory subject for completing the need of examination passing level. It is said that motivation is a crucial personality factor of the students in producing a foreign language viewed from their psychological aspect. A teaching approach which covers elements that can encourage students’ motivation and engage them in language is needed to achieve a successful learning process (Yürük, 2019). It can be seen that students cannot make a progress mastering foreign language because of their low motivation
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