Gamification strategy and writting skill

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of using the gamification strategy on the development of writing skills. The participants of this research were 33 students at "Unidad Educativa Oxford". This study had a quantitative approach and a pre-experimental design. In addition, all the information was collected during three stages: Pre-test, interventions, and Post-test in 8 sessions. The Pre-test and Post-test were taken from the Cambridge A2 Flyers exam. Therefore, it was important to use a rubric to score the Pre-test and the Post-test. Similarly, in the intervention stage, the researcher mainly worked on worksheets and writing activities in different applications such as Nearpod, and Padlet. Along with this, the researcher used of gamified activities such as bonus points, badges, time control, leaderboard, missions, and rewards. At the end of the investigation, the Post-test was taken. In addition, the average of the Pretest was 4.08 out of 10 points. The Post-test average was 6.2 out of 10 points. Finally, the results showed that students improved their English writing ability using gamified activities, which means that the effect of using badges, extra points, missions, prizes, and time control was positive, since students felt motivated, and were able to improve organization, mechanics, syntax, grammar, content, and writing process.