Research and Innovation in Language Learning
Vol 4, No 2 (2021)

Game-Tailored Instruction Run by A Foreign English Teacher: Are the Students Engaged and Motivated?

Damar Isti Pratiwi (Politeknik Perkeretaapian Indonesia Madiun)
Akbar Zulkarnain (Politeknik Perkeretaapian Indonesia Madiun)
Ilham Satrio Utomo (Politeknik Perkeretaapian Indonesia Madiun)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jul 2021

Abstract

Motivating students to speak in the classroom is a daunting task faced by many language teachers worldwide (Ulla, 2020). However, investigation reporting motivation among EFL class taught by foreign teachers are rarely revealed. Thus, this study investigates English speaking class taught by a foreign English teacher and students motivation during the program. The participants were freshmen in the academic year of 2019/2020 (N=48). It was conducted on the bridging time of the 1st and 2nd semester (January March 2020). This study applied observation class and a survey method to collect the data. The observation class revealed the method and strategy used by a foreign English teacher, while the survey utilized a 5-scale Likert questionnaire. The results showed that the teacher implemented several game-based strategies in class combined with topic based on the context. The survey acknowledged that the students had high motivation in speaking English. These results shed light on the speaking class design and material in engaging students learning motivation which has to be fun, interesting and fit with the context

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Journal Info

Abbrev

RILL

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

RILL is a peer reviewed journal of first and second (foreign) language learning and teaching such as Javanese, Sundanese, Bahasa Indonesia, English, Arabic, Malay, etc. It is published in January, May, and ...