The Effect of Using Beelinguapp Media Integrated with K-W-L Strategy Toward Students Reading Motivation in EFL Reading Classroom

Abstract

Reading is one of the most important skills for students to learn, but lack of motivation often hinders their progress. Reading learning strategies such as K-W-L are needed to overcome this problem. To overcome this, technology-based learning media, especially Beelinguapp, was chosen to be integrated with the K-W-L strategy in this study to increase students' reading motivation. This study investigated the differential effect of using Beelinguapp media integrated with the K-W-L Strategy as an experimental group. This study used a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design. Two classes involving 35 students each for the experimental group and 35 students for the control group from a vocational high school in Indonesia were selected as samples. The instrument used was a questionnaire. An Independent Sample T-Test was used to analyze the data. The results showed a significant difference in students' reading motivation between the experimental and control classes. It is recommended that teachers use this method and media to motivate students to improve their reading ability. The limitation in this study is that it only examines students' reading motivation, it is recommended that future researchers can use Beelinguapp media to research students' speaking skills and reading comprehension.