Increasing the Environment Feel in Learning through the Double S Application

Abstract

In this era of globalization, English has become the second language for some non-English speaking countries. But in Indonesia, English is actually being a foreign language. This is because learning English in junior high school is monotonous and boring. So students’ interest in learning is reduced. The purpose of this study is to create a media for learning English so that it can increase interest the environment feel in learning and trigger students’ enthusiasm in learning English subjects. The learning media is spinning wheel and a jumbo puzzle with picture of the Siak Palace. This learning media was tested limited to students of Pekanbaru Az-Zuhra Islamic Middle School. Students were divided into 3 groups. The group representatives would spin the spinning wheel which contained the difficulty level of the quiz and the group would discuss to answer the quiz about the material. After that, the group with the correct answers would paste several puzzles on the board according to the score that they obtained from the previous quiz. From the results of this limited test, based on questionnaires given after learning, it appears that there is an increase in interest and enthusiasm of students in learning English through this media. This learning media in general can build interest and increase student motivation in learning English and can build skills to work together in learning groups.