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THE EFFECT OF USING WORDWALL.NET ON VOCABULARY MASTERY OF
SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MTSN 1 ACEH BARAT DAYA
Nurul Haviza, Zuhri Efendi
Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Muhammadiyah Aceh Barat Daya, Indonesia
Abstract
The most important thing when learning a new language is to master a lot of the vocabulary of
that language. The aim is to determine the impact of Wordwall.net on students' vocabulary
mastery, and the results of this research can contribute to the development of education in the
current digital era. This research used a quantitative method with a pre-experimental one-
group pre-test and post-test design, the technique used was purposive sampling, the sample in
this research was 30 class VII Digital students at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya. Data
analysis in this study used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) with a normality
test, paired difference test (paired sample t-test) and N gain Score test. Based on data analysis,
the results of student scores in learning have criteria that are quite effective. Based on the t
test output, the value obtained is sig = 0.001, which means it is smaller than 0.005. Therefore,
the increase in scores from the pre-test to post-test is quite high. From the presentation of the
results and discussion of the research, it can be concluded that the use of the wordwall.net
platform in mastering digital understanding for class VII in English language learning is quite
effective.
Keywords: Wordwall, Vocabulay, Technology, Learning
INTRODUCTION
nature towards the highest degree of safety and happiness. (Dewey, 2016) stated that
education is a process of developing a person's abilities and personality which is carried out
consciously and planned.. And the child's body, in kindergarten, parts of which cannot be
removed to promote the perfection of life, the life of children who are educated according to
their world. The success of improving education not only depends on the knowledge and
skills of teachers, but also the extent to which teachers apply their skills in teaching practice.
Apart from acting as a learning designer, teachers must be able to improve student skills that
influence student learning success, especially in certain subjects that students consider
difficult. Because by learning while developing skills, students gain knowledge and
understanding and develop skills without easily forgetting, there by increasing interest in
learning and making learning more meaningful.
Comprehension learning is an important element in learning English. Vocabulary is
essential for studying grammar, structure and pronunciation (Suparmin, Kato, Dohra, & Park,
2017). Learning requires students to memorize and memorize in front of the class, usually
using textbooks, spelling practice, and listening. Students are required to take notes when the
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teacher explains (Yu & Altunel, 2018). This kind of phenomenon is still a traditional
vocabulary teaching style. Almost all students assume it is boring and uninteresting because
they have limited time and need to memorize a few words (Devanti, 2018). Therefore,
students need various activities to expand their vocabulary and create interesting learning
situations. The most important thing when learning a new language is to master a lot of
understanding of that language. By having a lot of understanding, someone can easily
communicate with native speakers both orally and in writing.
Therefore, learning media are all forms of tools or technology used in the learning
process to help convey information, facilitate understanding, and improve students' learning
experiences. The learning media can be print media, audiovisual media, electronic media, or a
combination of various types of media. According to Yaumi, (2017), special learning media
tools are used to convey the content of learning material. The use of technology in learning
has become a very important topic in the context of education in today's era of globalization.
One learning technology that is emerging and developing rapidly is the use of digital
platforms to improve language skills, especially vocabulary in students. One digital platform
that is widely used in learning is Wordwall.net.
Wordwall.net is a website that provides vocabulary learning through various games
using the internet. Can be accessed on computers, laptops, smartphones, and interactive
whiteboards. Teachers use it as an interactive way to build fun learning into classroom
activities. When typing wordwall.net into the Mozilla or Google Chrome search engine field
on the device, it will launch the wordwall.net homepage welcoming users. On the home page,
a short advertisement is presented, simple steps on how to create an activity, and a list of
ready-to-use templates. As a new user, the teacher will suggest automatically registering using
email or creating a new account. This is the first step for teachers to create activities on this
website.
Therefore, MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya is one of the model schools located on
Pendidikan Street No.56, Pantai Perak, Susoh sub-district, Southwest Aceh, this school is one
of the schools that has been established since 1969 until now. The quality of education at this
madrasa is very good, especially in terms of religious understanding, many achievements
have been achieved at this madrasa and there are also many other fields, one of which is in the
field of English subjects. The Wordwall.net learning media was chosen as a teaching medium
by researcher because this media can provide an innovative and interactive learning approach
for vocabulary mastery at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya. With the best accreditation, the
school will prioritize effective and modern teaching methods. So that Wordwall.net allows for
more interesting and customized teaching, increases student involvement in the vocabulary
learning process, and can support the achievement of a high level of educational quality in the
school.
Several previous studies have shown that the used of Wordwall.Net Media as an
media in English Language Learning. Researcher Alpatikah, (2022) explains that
wordwall.net can stimulate students' intrinsic and extrinsic motivation with its features, such
as game templates, themes, feedback sections, and leaderboards because it consists of
challenging content, curiosity, control and competition. Similar research is also available in
(Fatimah, 2020). The title of the research is "Students' Vocabulary Acquisition “Through
Word Wall at SMPN 44 Surabaya". This research was conducted on 40 grade 7 students of
SMPN 44 Surabaya. He said that the introduction of the word wall had a positive effect in
improving students' vocabulary mastery and further increasing their interest in learning
English, especially online learning. The results of the pre-test, post-test cycle I, and post-test
cycle II showed a significant increase. The test average was 60 in the pretest, 70 in the
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posttest cycle I, and 93 in the posttest cycle II. Apart from that, Rahmayanti, Muhamad, La
Udin, Nashihah, & Qomari, (2024), The Implementation of Wordwall Games in Vocabulary
Learning researchers conducted direct observations involving ten students studying English
Literature in Malang as research participants. The research findings show that using the Word
Wall game as an effective learning tool improves students' pronunciation, memorization and
sentence construction skills.
Therefore, this research conducted to explore the effects of Wordwall.net on seventh
grade students' mastery vocabulary at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya. This research aims to
review the impact of using Wordwall.net on students' mastery of understanding, with the hope
that the results of this research can contribute to the development of education in the current
digital era.
RESEARCH METHOD
This research used quantitative research methods through an experimental approach
carried out at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya which is located on Pendidikan Street No. 56,
Pantai Perak Village, Susoh District, South west Aceh. Sugiyono, (2017)suggests several
forms of experimental design that can be used in research: Pre-Experimental Design, True
Experimental Design, Factorial Design, and Quasi-Experimental Design. The type used in this
research is a pre-experimental research design, namely One Group Pretest & Post-test.
One Group Pre-Test-Post-Test Study
O1 X O2
Information:
O1= Pretest X= Treatment O2=Post-test
The pre-experimental research population includes all subjects or objects to be studied.
The population must be clearly defined to determine a representative sample. According to
Sugiyono, (2020) , population is a general area consisting of objects/subjects with certain
characteristics and features intended to be studied by researchers and conclusions drawn.
From the statement above, the author determined the population in this study, namely class
VII students of MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya. The sample will be selected using a
purposive sampling technique, a method of sampling where the researcher relies on his
judgment to choose members of the population to be sampled based on certain characteristics
or objectives. The researcher chose the purposive sampling technique to obtain a sample that
is rich in information for an in-depth study. Selecting samples according to research questions
and objectives, saving time, costs, and research resources. The sample chosen is one class VII
Digital which will be given treatment. According to (Creswell, 2015) there are various types
of samples, one of which is purposive sampling. In this sample, the researcher selected
participants and research locations based on certain objectives and criteria per the research
objectives. The sample was chosen deliberately to represent the characteristics of the
population that wanted to be studied, therefore in this study, there were 30 students. 10 boys
& 20 girls were used in class VII of MTs Digital Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya.
` The instruments used in this research were two instruments, namely treatment and
measurement. The treatment instrument is a learning implementation plan and the
measurement instrument used is a test in the form of questions on the material that has been
taught. Data collection in this research took the form of a test on the effect of using wordwall
on vocabulary mastery. The pre-test and post-test analysis results used the Statistical Package
for Social Science (SPSS) to test the hypothesis (Hadi Ismanto & Pebruary, 2021).
Hypothesis testing is useful for concluding whether a treatment is effective or not.
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RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Wordwall.net is a platform that allows users to create and share games, applications and
other learning content. According to Nila Wati Idrus, Dwi Yulianti, Ujang Suparman, &
Zainal Abidin Arief, (2021) Wordwall is a website that can be accessed via a browser and can
be used as a fun learning resource, media and assessment tool. In learning English at MTs
Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya, researchers used Wordwall.net as a learning medium for students'
vocabulary mastery.
In this research, the researcher was first asked to discuss the head of curriculum to ask
permission from the head of kurikulum to be able to carry out research in one of the seventh
classes at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya and at the same time the wakakurikulum also
provided guidance
and direction so that the research could run according to plan and smoothly. Then the
head of curriculum was informed that the research would be carried out over four meetings.
The research was carried out from May 21,2024 until May 25, 2024 completed in four
meetings.
First meeting, greet, introduce and asked how students are doing and greet and interact
with 2-3 students. Then explained and tell students the purpose of the researcher coming to
school and give students an overview of the used of the Wordwall.net website, so that
students understand for the next meeting. Next, the researcher gave pretest questions to
measure students' initial abilities in mastering vocabulary. The pretest is a wrote test to assess
students' vocabulary mastery before being given treatment. The results of this pretest will be
initial data before treatment is given. Second meeting, provides an explanation of the material
being taught, namely about Time, Family Member Vocabulary, Verb Vocabulary. Third
meeting, Provided Treatment, namely the researcher provided treatment in the form of using
the Wordwall.net platform to master students' understanding through a projector screen.
During treatment, students are given vocabulary learning activities using the features
available on Wordwall.net. Fourth meeting, implementation of the post test. At the fourth
meeting, the researchers conducted a post-test to measure the increase in students' mastery of
understanding after being given treatment. The posttest can use the same instrument as the
pretest to see changes in students' abilities.
The explanation of the research findings focuses on the effect of using wordwall.net on
vocabulary mastery in seventh-grade Digital. Researcher conducted this research in the
seventh digital class at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya, totaling 30 students. To produce data,
researcher conducted a pre-test and post-test. Then the data obtained is described in a table.
This table has five columns, the first column shows the serial number, the second column
shows the student's initials, the third and fourth columns show the pretest and posttest scores,
and the last column shows the results of the pretest and posttest scores.
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Table 1. The students’ score Pre-test & Post-test
No
Initial's
Name
Pre -test
Post-test
Gained
Score
1
AD
76
88
12
2
AZ
80
92
12
3
ABA
60
88
28
4
AN
56
80
24
5
AHP
40
80
40
6
AZK
76
88
12
7
BVP
60
76
16
8
CIK
68
84
16
9
DNIS
80
92
12
10
FW
80
88
8
11
FF
80
100
20
12
FKA
52
84
32
13
GA
40
80
40
14
HF
80
96
16
15
IH
60
96
36
16
KU
56
80
24
17
MAF
52
76
24
18
MIW
80
92
12
19
NA
60
92
32
20
NAR
76
84
8
21
NS
60
84
24
22
PA
56
92
36
23
PZG
88
96
8
24
QHN
80
96
16
25
RN
52
68
16
26
SFR
84
100
16
27
TKR
72
92
20
28
TMR
64
76
12
29
ZEH
68
92
24
30
ZH
68
92
24
Mean
66,8
87,47
20,66666667
Based on table 1, explains that the results of the pre-test and post-test in the seventh
digital class show that the lowest pre-test score is 40 and the highest score is 88. The lowest
post-test score is 76 and the highest is 100. The average score obtained -the average of the
pre-test is 66.8 and the post-test is 87.47. After carrying out the pre-test and post-test the
average score obtained by the teacher was 20.6. The average post-test score after students
who had learned to use word wall was higher than the pretest average before being given
treatment. Then, to explain the increase in the lowest pre-test and post-test scores, a score of
36 points was obtained and to see an increase in the highest pre-test and post-test scores of 12
points. So from this explanation, it can be concluded that increasing the pre-test score to the
post-test is effective because it can be seen from the two differences in the increase in the two
cases because the increase in score in the first case is more effective in the first case than in
the second case.
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Table 2. Test of Normality
Tests of Normality
Kolmogorov-Smirnov
a
Shapiro-Wilk
Statistic
df
Sig.
Statistic
df
Sig.
Pre-test
.160
30
.049
.935
30
.068
Post-test
.183
30
.011
.948
30
.153
a. Lilliefors Significance Correction
Based on table 2, it is the Shapiro-Wilk normality test, namely to find out whether the
data under study is normally distributed or not, so from the table above it can be explained
that the normality test has a normal distribution because the sig is obtained. (2-tailed) 0.068 in
the pre-test and 0.158 in the post-test, which results explain that the significance is more than
>0.05 so it can be said that if the sig value is greater the data is normally distributed.
Table 3. Paired Sample Test
Paired Samples Test
Paired Differences
t
df
Significance
Mean
Std.
Deviation
Std. Error
Mean
95% Confidence Interval of
the Difference
One-
Sided p
Two-
Sided p
Lower
Upper
Pair
1
Pre-test -
Post-test
-
20.667
9.575
1.748
-24.242
-17.091
-
11.822
29
<,001
<,001
Based on table 3, is the t-test output, a value of sig = 0.001 is obtained, which means it
is smaller than 0.005 Thus, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Based on the table above, it can
be seen that there is a difference in the average value of -20.667. Therefore, the increase in
scores from pre-test to post-test is quite high. The result of the significance value (2-tailed) is
<0.001. With the Man Whitney test criteria being Sig < 0.05, the average change hypothesis is
accepted and Sig > 0.05, the average change hypothesis is rejected. Based on the paired
sample test table, the Sig value. (2-tailed) research is 0.001 < 0.05, meaning there is a
difference in the results of the pre-test and post-test. Thus, it shows that there is a significant
influence on vocabulary mastery. So the hypothesis (Ha) in this. research can be accepted.
Namely, the influence of using word wall learning media in mastering vocabulary is quite
effective. To ensure that the effect of using wordwall.net media in mastering vocabulary is
effective enough, it can be explained in the N Gain Score Test table using SPSS in the
following table
Table 4. N Gain Score
Descriptive Statistics
N
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
Std. Deviation
Ngain_score
30
.33
1.00
.6330
.18289
Ngain_persen
30
33.33
100.00
63.3001
18.28937
Valid N (listwise)
30
Based on the table 4, for the N gain score, the mean value obtained is 0.6330, so it is
smaller than <0.7, so the category obtained is medium, then for the N gain percent, the mean
value obtained is 63.3001, this value is smaller than <76%, so the interpretation of
effectiveness is quite effective.
Learning English, especially vocabulary mastery by the teacher has gone well.
However, to further arouse students' enthusiasm and motivation in learning, researcher used
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wordwall media to increase students' vocabulary mastery at MTs Negeri 1 Aceh Barat Daya
in the Seventh Digital class there are several students who already know a lot of vocabulary.
However, to increase the vocabulary of students who have not mastered much vocabulary in
this class, the researchers utilized the wordwall.net platform as a tool for learning media for
vocabulary mastery.
Based on some of the data analysis above, it can be seen that the results of students'
grades in learning have quite effective criteria based on the results of the data analysis that has
been carried out and factors that influence the effective use of Wordwall net, including the
various display features provided in wordwall.net attract student learning systems so that it
appears that students are more active and obtain good results in learning. This platform
provides various interactive activities that are fun and challenging, so that students are more
involved in the learning process. Apart from that, wordwall.net also allows a teacher to track
student progress and provide timely feedback so that a teacher can see any improvement in
students' vocabulary mastery abilities at each meeting. The results of this research are in line
with several other wordwall research results. (ROHMATIN, 2023) Using Wordwall-Based
Educational Games to Improve Students' Vocabulary Skills in English Language Learning
stated that the research results showed that there was an increase in students' vocabulary skills
which had an impact on increasing student learning outcomes. As for Indah Rahmayanti et al.,
(2024) The Effectiveness of Using Wordwall as a Media for Evaluation of Arabic Language
Learning. Class the results of Ha were accepted because after the hypothesis analysis was
tested statistically the paired sample test obtained a significant value i (2i-tailed) i 0.000 <
0.05, so it can be concluded that the use of Wordwalli as a medium for evaluating Arabic
language learning at MAN Kota Batu is effective. In this regard, Silvia & Wirabrata, (2021)
in their research stated that the wordwall media, which was developed to improve the
vocabulary skills of early childhood, is suitable for use in the learning process. The
implication of this research is that the media developed in the form of wordwall media can be
used by teachers to improve children's vocabulary skills. Thus, the researcher can conclude
that the efforts made by the researcher in influencing the use of the wordwall.net learning
media carried out in four meetings can improve students' vocabulary mastery and be quite
effective.
CONCLUSSION
From the explanation of the results and discussion of the research above, using the
Wordwall.net platform to master vocabulary in Digital Seventh-Grade English language
learning is quite effective. This can be seen from the comparison of the research results of the
pre-test scores and post-test scores of Seventh Grade Digital students. The alternative
hypothesis result (Ha) was accepted, after the data and hypothesis analysis were tested using a
paired sample statistical test with a significance value of 0.001 < 0.05, and could show that
the effect of using wordwall.net on students' vocabulary mastery was quite effective.
From the results of this research, researchers assume that students' age and motivation
determine the importance of students' vocabulary acquisition using the wordwall.net platform.
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Judging from the average scores, all of them belong to a generation that is comfortable with
digital technology so they are comfortable using wordwall.net to learn their activities.
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