Exploring secondary school students’ attitudes and perceptions towards gamification in online English lessons

Ng, Man Yi (2022) Exploring secondary school students’ attitudes and perceptions towards gamification in online English lessons. Final Year Project, UTAR.

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Abstract

This paper presents findings of Perak secondary school students’ attitudes toward s gamification and the perceptions of the perceived psychological impacts of gamification in affecting engagement rate in online English lessons. A total of 79 Perak secondary school students were gathered as the participants. Based on the responses obtained through an online questionnaire, the findings displayed a positive attitude toward lessons amos gamification in online English ng the participants. Gamification is believed to be fun, interesting, full of creative learning content, and sparks the students’ interest. The participants also showed a favourable view of the psychological impacts of gamification. In line with this finding, the participants believed these psychological impacts could positively enhance their engagement rate in online English lessons. Some of the encouraging outcomes include a high response rate and motivation to ask question. Future researchers are suggest collection method such as interviews to obtained to consider a different data depth responses with a detailed explanation. In conclusion, gamification is favoured and highly accepted by Perak secondary school students. Its positive psychological impact s on the students are believed to increase their engagement rate, making it a teaching method worth considering by the educators to produce effective lessons.

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