WORDWALL AS A LEARNING MEDIA TO INCREASE STUDENTS' READING INTEREST

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N.K.T.A. Swari

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The implementation of Gamification within the teaching and learning process has increased significantly in 21st-century learning. The involvement of Gamification has been proven to increase students' learning interest in the EFL context, especially in improving students' basic skills, speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Wordwall is one of the gamification platforms that can create a more joyful learning situation to improve students' interest, especially in reading skills. The integration of Wordwall within the teaching and learning process is believed to increase students' reading interest since it has various features that can create new learning material innovation. This paper aims to discover the characteristics of Wordwall and its benefits as a learning media to increase students reading interest. Besides it being proven beneficial, the integration of Wordwall as the learning media also acquired positive responses from the students.

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