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The effect of blooket game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the

seventh-grade students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping

in Academic Year 2023/2024

Ikah Barokah

, Rizdki Elang Gumelar

, Tatu Munawaroh

English Education Department, University of Mathla’ul Anwar, Pandeglang, Banten, Indonesia

e-mail: ikahbarokah656@gmail.com

e-mail: rizkyelang855@gmail.com

e-mail: tatu.munawaroh@unmabanten.ac.id

Abstract: The research aims to know whether the use of Blooket Game significant effect towards

students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-grade of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping or not. The

research paper used the quantitative research design with the characteristics of experimental method that

is design into two classes. They are experimental and control class. The population of this research is

class VII of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping, they consist of 84 students. The sample of this

research is VII-A as a control class consists of 28 students and VII-B as an experimental class consists of

28 students. The total of sample is 56 students. The instrument is a test and data of this research are

collected by giving pre-test and post-test. The data is analysed using statistical SPSS 22 program

including mean, standard deviation, and t-test. It could be seen from the result of the post-test of

experimental and control class. Based on the result of data analysis and interpretation of the research, it is

clear there is a significant effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-

grade students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping. It can be seen, the minimum score of pre-tests is

32, maximum is 72, mean 53.86, and standard deviation 11.339. while the minimum score of post-tests of

experimental class is 68, maximum 96, mean 81.71 and standard deviation 8.105. furthermore, the

minimum score of pre-tests of control class is 32, maximum 72, mean 52.71 and standard deviation

11.317. while the minimum score of post-tests of control class is 60, maximum 88, mean 72.57 and

standard deviation 6.974. the result of t-test obtained sig.value 0.000 ≤

𝛼

=0.05. Ha is accepted and Ho is

rejected. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of Blooket Game towards students’

vocabulary mastery.

Keywords: Blooket Game, Vocabulary Mastery, Teaching Vocabulary

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1. Introduction

English is not a new language, because most developed and developing countries use it as a tool of

communication both as a foreign language and as a second language. English is an international language; it

can connect communication between various countries in the world. English is used in all fields such as

education, economics, culture, and politics. Learning English need to be developed, especially in the field

of education. However, learning English as a foreign language is still become burden for most students in

Indonesia. Most of the students think that English is the most difficult, the perception that English is difficult

because students to be reluctant to improve their English skill. According to Panggabean (2015, p. 35)

stated that in formal schools, many learners think that English is the most difficult subject, even more

difficult than mathematics, physics, economics, etc. there are four skills in English to be mastered namely

speaking, listening, reading and writing. Furthermore, the language components of English consist of

vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation and spelling. Vocabulary is one of the most importat component of

English, students have a lot of vocabulary to support four English skills. According to (Bardel et al., 2013,

p. 71) stated that in general, learners who know more terms are likely to be knowledgeable about them and

to be proficient in whatever skill they are learning. Without mastering vocabulary, the students are

impossible to master for skills and they will have difficulties communicating ideas in spoken or written.

However, one of the main issues faced by Indonesian students recently is less of vocabulary knowledge

that affects their English proficiency. According to ivone (Sudarman & Chinokul, S., 2018, p. 2) stated that

the lack of vocabulary could be one factors that contribute to the low level of proficiency gained of

Indonesian students. Then Kweldju (Sudarman & Chinokul, S., 2018, p. 2) argues that the Indonesian’s

single source of problem in learning English is vocabulary, and suggest that the solution lies in the good

handling of vocabulary.

Based on the observation conducted by the researcher and the teacher of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar

Malingping, the researcher found that the students are eel difficult in memorizing vocabulary. The students

are limited vocabulary, the students have less motivation to learn English, and the teaching technique is

monotonous. The researcher think that the teacher needs to find better strategy to make learning vocabulary

more enjoyable, interesting and fun. There are, many effective learning media, one of them is Blooket

Game. Blooket is a learning platform that built in gamified way. Blooket is an innovative and exciting

educational learning platform design to make learning more fun, and enjoyable for students. According to

(Sartika et al., 2023) stated that Blooket as a free website that provides educational games for study exercise,

the game are arranged according theme, grade level and subject. The flatform was created by Tom and Ben

Stewart with the primary objective of making classroom content fun, engaging for learners, by providing an

alternative way of learning. Blooket seeks to create memorable experiences with classroom content that will

leave a lasting impression of students, this combines quiz- style question. Blooket as a web-based, so it can

be accessed from nearly any devices, ideal for students in the class or at home. The teacher can lead the

quiz or it can be left for individuals to access as they need. A selection of game mode is available with

different looking games to play in the quiz part of learning, this game can be played solo or team. So, the

teacher can select a group and have them compete against other the class. Therefore, Blooket is a simple to

created immediately from pre-built questions or using totally custom built. Either way, the teacher can

assign a game-code to the students, so they can enjoy, fun, and easily as they want.

Vocabulary is an important part in learning English that should be mastered by students to

communicate well. Takac (Syafrizal et al., 2021, p. 785) defines that ‘vocabulary as a set of words’.

Moreover, Vossoughi (in Khodijah & Alamsyah, 2020, p. 176) stated that ‘Vocabulary is the tool we use to

think, express ideas and feelings, and learn about the word’. According to Fromkin et al., (2003, p. 73)

“there are two kinds of vocabulary, those are content words and function words”.

A. Content words

The words used to express or describe things like actions, things, attributes, and ideas are called

content words. It has a noun, a verb, an adjective and an adverb.

1) Noun

Noun is related of something like place, plant, people and others. For example: lecturer, fan, shoes,

guitar.

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2) Verb

Verb is can used to show the measure and condition of a thing. For example: eat, read, take.

3) Adjective

Adjectives is a word that describes a noun that has a grammatical property of comparison. For

example: beautiful woman, good luck, short movies.

4) Adverb

Adverb is related to how process, tome and where the thing happens. For example: yesterday,

tomorrow, school.

B. Function words

Function words are words that do not have clear concepts or meanings related to the word and it is

only used in terms of grammatical function. It consists of preposition, article and pronoun.

1) Preposition

Preposition refers to the words that help locate items and actions in time and space. For example: at,

on, besides.

2) Article

Article is a type of adjective that describe specific or unspecific nouns and noun equivalents. For

example: the, a, an.

3) Pronoun

Pronoun refer to noun that have already been mentioned. For example: she, they, I.

2. Research Method

This research used quantitative approach with experimental design using quasi-experimental method.

This method used to compare between two classes. They are experimental class and control class. the

researcher implemented Blooket Game in the experimental class and Quizizz Game in the control class. In

the first meeting of the research, the researcher gave pre-test to both classes to determine the extent of

students’ vocabulary mastery. Then gave treatments for five meetings, and in the last meeting the

researcher gave post-test to find out the final results after given Blooket game.

This research was conducted in SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping, which is located on Jl.

Bendungan NK KM 01 Malingping, Lebak, Banten. The researcher carried out this research to the seventh-

grade students of SMP-IT Mathlaul Anwar Malingping in Academic Year 2023/2024. It was started on 13

May 2024 – 3 May 2024. The researcher chooses this place because when the researcher did the

observation, she founds that the student’s vocabulary is relatively low. The population of this research are

84 students of the seventh-grade students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping there are VII- A

consists of 28 students, VII- B consists of 28 students, and VII-C consists of 28 students. In this research,

the researcher took VII-A as a control class consists of 28 students and VII-B as an experimental class

consists of 28 students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping as the sample. The research design

presented as follow:

Tabel 1. The Research Sequence

Group

Pre-test

Treatment

Post-test

Experimental

Control

Note:

01: Pre-test of Experimental group

02: Post-test of Experimental group

03: Pre-test of Control group

04: Post-test of Control group

X1: Treatment of Experimental group

X2: Treatment of Control group

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Based on the design above, it shown that there are two variables in this research. They are

independent variable and dependent variable. The independent variable is Blooket Game (X), while the

dependent variable is vocabulary mastery (Y). The researcher used a test to collect the data. Test is a set of

questions exercises or other means used to measure the skill, knowledge, intelligence, ability, or talent of an

individual or group of people. There are two instruments of test: pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was used to

collect the data about students’ vocabulary mastery before treatment for experimental and control class.

Then post-test was used to collect the data about students’ vocabulary mastery after treatments for

experimental class and control class, it is aimed to know the effect after giving Blooket Game treatments.

In this research, the researcher used a test to collect the data, and gave a test in multiple choices. To analyse

the data, the researcher used SPSS 22 Program in statistical calculations to test the normality, homogeneity

of the data, and hypotheses test. For the hypotheses test in this research, the researcher used analysis of t-

test.

3. Result and discussion

In processing the data, firstly the researcher collects the data of students’ vocabulary mastery through

pre- test and post-test. The students divided into two groups: VII-A as a control class and VII- B as an

experimental class. The result of pre-test and post-test each class can be shown in following table:

Table 2. Description of Data Statistics

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std.Deviation

Pre-test Experiment

53.86

11.339

Post-test Experiment

81.71

8.105

Pre-test Control

52.71

11.317

Post-test Control

72.57

6.947

Valid N (listwise)

Based on the result of pre-test at the experimental class, the lowest score is 32 and the highest score is

72, the total score is 1508, and the mean score is 53.86. Meanwhile, the result of pre-test in the control

class, the lowest score is 32, the highest score is 72, the total score is 1476, and the mean score is 52.71.

Furthermore, the result of Post-test at the experimental class, the lowest score is 68, the highest score is 96,

the total score is 2288, and the mean score is 81.71. meanwhile, the result of post-test at the control class,

the lowest score is 60 and the highest score is 88, the total score is 2032, and the mean score is 72.57. To

analyse the data, the researcher used SPSS 22 Program in statistical calculations to test the normality,

homogeneity of the data, and hypotheses test. For the hypotheses test in this research, the researcher used

analysis of t-test.

Normality Test

The normality test is used to determine whether the distribution of the data is normally distributed or

not. The researcher analyses the normality test in Kolmogorov Smirnov with SPSS 22 program by

comparing the sig. value with α = 0.05. the criteria of normality of the distribution as follow:

If sig.value ≥ α 0.05 = it indicates the distribution of the data is normally distributed

If sig.value ≤ α 0.05 = it indicates that the distribution of the data is not normally distributed

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Table 3. Test of Normality

Class

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

Shapiro-Wilk

Statistic

Sig.

statistic

Sig.

The Result

Students

Pre-test of Experiment

.100

.200*

.964

.422

Post-test of Experiment

.152

.094

.939

.102

Pre-test of Control

.150

.108

.951

.214

Post-test of Control

.153

.090

.954

.150

Based on the data above, it can be seen that sig.value (0.200, 0.094, 0.108, and 0,090) are higher

than α = 0.05. it means that all of the data is normally distributed.

Homogeneity Test

Homogeneity is used to see the quality of variance. Larson (in Rohim 2022, p. 196)) stated that

variance is a number that measure the average square distance from the mean to any point. So, it measures

dispersion around the mean and standard deviation is just square root of this number. According to the

Larson, homogeneity can be calculating the mean of two past-tests. The criteria are as follow:

If sig.value ≥ α = 0.05: it indicates the variance of the data is homogeneous

If sig.value ≤α = 0.05: it indicates the variance of the data is not homogeneous

Table 4. Both classes Pre-Test of Homogeneity Test

Lavene Statistic

df1

df2

Sig.

.021

.885

Based on the data above, it showed that the result of pre-test of both classes with sig.value 0.885 ≥ α =

0.05. it can be concluded that variant of both pre-tests is homogeneous. It means that the data is from equal

population.

Table 5. Both classes Post-Test of Homogeneity Test

Lavene Statistic

df1

df2

Sig.

1.578

.214

Based on the table above, it showed that the result of post-test of both classes with sig.value 0.214 >

α = 0.05. it can be concluded that variant of post-test both classes is homogeneous and the result of

homogeneity test is accepted. It means that the data from equal population.

Hypotheses Test

Based on the Arikunto (in Nadia et al., 2022, p. 170) stated that the hypotheses is a temporary answer to the

research problem until it is proven through the data collected.

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Table 6. Paired Sample Test

Based on the data above, so it could be concluded that:

Is there any effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-grade

students of SMP-IT Mathlaa’ul Anwar Malingping in Academic Year 2023/2024?

The statistical hypotheses as follow:

Ha: there is a significant effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-grade

students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping in Academic Year 2023/2024

Ho: there is no significant effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-

grade students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping in Academic Year 2023/2024

The criteria are as follow:

If sig.value ≥ α = 0.05 (Ho is accepted and Ha is rejected) If

sig.value ≤ α = 0.05 (Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected)

Based on the data above, it can be concluded that sig.value is 0.000 ≤ α = 0.05. so Ha is accepted

and Ho is rejected. It means, there is a significant effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary

mastery.

4. Conclusion and Suggestion

Based on the research’s interpretation and analysis of the data, it is clear that there is a significant

effect of Blooket Game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at the seventh-grade students of SMP-IT

Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping in Academic Year 2023/2024. It could be seen that t-count = - 22.12 and

significant value (p-value) = 0.000 < α = 0.05. so, Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. This indicate that

teaching vocabulary by using Blooket Game is significantly improves students’ vocabulary mastery at the

seventh-grade students of SMP-IT Mathla’ul Anwar Malingping Lebak-Banten in Academic Year

2023/2024. As a result, the null hypotheses (Ho) is rejected; while the alternative hypotheses (Ha) is

accepted. However, Blooket Game is one of interesting way in teaching and learning vocabulary because it

could motivate the students in learning English.

This research showed that the implementation of Blooket Game could improve students’ vocabulary

mastery. There were following suggestion offered.

For the teacher

The teachers have to consider the students’ needs and interests for the teaching and learning. the teacher

who uses Blooket Game hopes to prepare this game first, so that learning activities is easier for students to

understand and becomes interests. The teachers should create interesting way in teaching learning and

motivate the students to be active.

Paired Differences

Sig (2-

tailed)

Mean

Std

Deviation

Std Error

Mean

95% Confidence

Interval of the

Difference

Lower

upper

Pair 1

Pre-test Experimental

Post-test Experimental

-27.857

6.665

1.26

-30.44

-25.273

-22.12

.000

Pair 2

Pre-test Control

-20

7.221

1.365

-17.2

-14.66

.000

Post-test Control

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For the students

The researcher hopes, the students to be more active in learning, especially in learning English vocabulary.

A further effort needs to be made by the students to encourage themselves in mastering vocabulary without

worries in making mistakes and the students have to prepare first the material that will be delivered by the

teacher.

For the next researcher

The next researcher should examine Blooket Game as a teaching media, the researcher hopes to prepare

this game first. The next researcher should examine new ways of Blooket Game in studying other language

components such as reading, writing, grammar, etc.

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