(SKKN 2022) THE APPLICATION OF QUIZIZZ AND WHEEL OF NAMES IN ENGLISH LESSONS DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC PERIOD TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CLASS 11b5

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TABLE OF CONTENT

PART

I: INTRODUCTION……… 1

SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO THANH HÓA

TRƯỜNG THPT TÔ HIẾN THÀNH

SÁNG KIẾN KINH NGHIỆM

THE APPLICATION OF QUIZIZZ AND WHEEL OF NAMES

IN ENGLISH LESSONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CLASS 11B5

TO HIEN THANH HIGH SCHOOL, THANH HOA CITY.

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SKKN thuộc lĩnh vực: Ngoại Ngữ

THANH HÓA NĂM 2022

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PART I: INTRODUCTION… ……… ………… 1

TABLE OF CONTENT 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Rational……… ……… 1

1.2 Aims of the study……… 2

1.3 Subjects of the study………2

1.4 Methods of the study……… 2

2 Content … ……… 3

2.1 Literature review……… 3

2.1.1 Quizizz 3

2.1.2 Wheel of names ……… 4

2.1.3 The benefits of applying online quizzies and Wheel of names in English teaching and learning 5

2.2.The reality of students' engagement and English learning outcomes in class 11B5, To Hien Thanh High School, Thanh Hoa city 6

2.3 The application of Quizizz and Wheel of names in English lessons during COVID 19 pandemic period to increase students' engagement and learning outcomes in class 11B5, To Hien Thanh High School, Thanh Hoa city 7

2.3.1 Time and Measurement 7

2.3.1.1 Time 7

2.3.1.2 Measurement 7

2.3.2 The use of Quizizz an Wheel of name 7

2.3.2.1 My Quizizz 7

2.3.2.2 My Wheel of names 11

2.3.3 The application of Quizizz and Wheel of names in English lessons during COVID 19 pandemic period to increase students' engagement and learning outcomes in class 11B5, To Hien Thanh High School, Thanh Hoa city 12

2.3.3.1.Preparation Stage……….……… 12

2.3.3.2 Presentation Stage………12

2.3.3.3 Production Stage……… 13

2.3.4 Illustrating examples ……… 13

2.4 Results and Findings……….17

3 Conclusion 19

3.1 Conclusion……….……… 19

3.2 Suggestions……… 20 REFERENCES

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Rationale

The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has spread worldwide, affecting almost all countries and territories According to a research brief published by UNICEF, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in human history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 200 countries Closures of schools, institutions and other learning spaces have impacted more than 94% of the world’s student population This has brought far-reaching changes in all aspects of our lives Social distancing and restrictive movement policies have significantly disturbed traditional educational practices

In Viet Nam, during this pandemic, most of the schools are closed and the school learning is mainly done online Efforts have been made to provide students with online learning opportunities However, it can not be denied that teaching as well as learning online are challenging for both teachers and students alike The dominance of the physical classroom has been greatly reduced in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak These aforementioned ‘physical’ activities can often be difficult or impossible to replicate in virtual settings Besides, the isolation, the lack of contact with friends, the lack of devices, no internet connection, limited digital skills of parents and even the fact that many students are largely unfamiliar with lessons after a long time without going to school because of getting down with COVID-19 Moreover, young learners can easily get bored and lack motivation to actively participle in the lessons when they study for long periods of time, especially in online lessons This reality makes teaching during COVID-19 pandemic period challenging

In order to cope with this limitation, teachers have to prepare a variety of methods and technique that are really effective during COVID-19 pandemic period such as the use of slide show, videos, pictures, games, and online generators to support their teaching One of these ways is using education apps These apps enable students to take part in interactive class activites using mobile phones devices

One of the effective ways to keep the class engaged is using quizzing tools When teachers use online quizzing tools in the classrooms, students are actively engaging in the learning process, rather than passively absorbing information The students are involved but not just listening Many of the online quiz tools have game-based learning built into them so that students are competing with each other or themselves

Quizizz is a game-based educational app, which bring multiplayer activites

to classroom and make exercises interactive and fun Thus, using Quizizz is not only an active way to engage students with their learning through retreival practice, but it also provide a quick snapshot into where the students are at in their learning with immediate feedback

In addition to Quizizz, using Wheel of names- a Random Name Website to

pick the students in random is also an effective way to engaged them in the lessons If the teachers choose the students to answer in random, it can be make them eager to know the student who will be chosen Therefore, there are a large

range of benefits teachers can have in using Quizizz and Wheel of names in

English language lessons

For these above reasons, I would like to choose the topic:

“THE APPLICATION OF QUIZIZZ AND WHEEL OF NAMES

IN ENGLISH LESSONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD

TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CLASS 11B5, TO HIEN THANH HIGH SCHOOL, THANH HOA CITY” in the hope of increasing student engagement as well as

their learning outcomes through exercises on Quizizz during COVID-19 pandemic period I also expect that exercises on Quizizz are possible to increase the students’ interest in the study of English not only during COVID-19 pandemic period but in the long run as well

It is hoped that other teachers will find some useful reference for their teaching in this study, especially during COVID 19 pandemic period

1.2 Objectives of the study

The study is aimed to:

- Use Quizizz and Wheel of names in English lessons to increase student

engagement through online lessons and in-class lessons during COVID-19 pandemic period

- Improve the students’ performance on exams and increase their learning outcomes

- Create an enjoyable asmophere during COVID-19 pandemic period in comparision to the typical lesson format and increase the students’ interest in the study of English

1.3 Subjects of the study

The study is carried out with 43 students of the class 11B5 who study at

To Hien Thanh high school in Thanh Hoa city and have been learning English for 5 years even 7 years( 4 years at lower secondary school, one year at high school and even 2 years at primary school)

Among 43 students who take part in the study, most of them only have little knowlegde of English( based on the marks they got in the second final exam in grade 10) However, they have mobile phones which can be connected by wifi

or 4G everyday

1.4 Methods of the study

In order to achieve the above objectives, the teacher creates online quiz on

Quizizz appilcation for grammar and vocabulary in each unit in the English 11 textbook and use Wheel of names to choose students or any things in random To

promote mastery of the exercise, students are allowed to take each quiz as many times as they wish to get the highest grade

In this study, theory study, observation, data collection and analysis, discussion as well as evaluation are mainly used to achieve the objectives of the study

2 CONTENT

2.1 Literature review

2.1.1 Quizizz ( https://quizizz.com/ )

From Wikipedia, Quizizz is an Indian educational software company

headquartered in Bengaluru, India, that creates and sells a gamified student engagement platform The software is used in class, group assignments, pre-test review, formative assessments and pop quizzes.[6]

According to this website,

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2021/12/what-is-quizizz-and-how-to-use-it-with.html Quizizz is a game-based learning tool

that you can use to engage students in deep and meaningful learning experiences It allows the teachers to create both teacher-paced and student-paced quizzes and lessons.[7]

In other words, Quizizz is a 'gamified student engagement platform' that

allows teachers to create, edit, and share fun and interactive quizzes and lessons Quizizz is an online assessment tool as a fun multiplayer classroom activity that allows all students to practice together with their computers, smart phones

or Ipad

As is the case with Quizalize, Kahoot, Quizlet, and Blooket, Quizizz lets teachers create their own classes, add students, and share game-based quizzes with them

Using Quizizz editor, the teachers can easily design their own quizzes embedding various types of questions (multiple choice, open ended, polls, fill in the blanks, etc.) and media (e.g images, videos, voice clips, and audio recordings)

With so many new concepts to remember, anything the teachers can do to help the students recall information should be a welcome addition to the classroom When given the opportunity to remember learned concepts, skills and details through retrieval practice, this information is recalled and rewritten to students’s memories, creating longer lasting, more accessible paths of understanding

Teachers can either assign quizzes as homework in which case students take their time to work on them at their own pace or teachers can host live quizzes in class As students take quizzes, teachers get access to 'detailed class-level and student-class-level insights for every class'

There are many different types of questions in the quizzes:

 Ask the students to recall simple solutions with multiple choice and checkbox questions These types of questions are great for low-stakes

quizzes, since they’re easy and don’t take long to complete

 Ask your students to retrieve short answers with fill-in-the-blank questions These questions are great for driving home specific

facts

 Help the students give short answers quickly with single textbox questions These questions are great for time-crunched quizzes,

since they don’t take long to complete

 Ask your students to explain complex concepts with open response questions Although they’re more difficult to evaluate, these

questions give your students the freedom to tell you exactly what they know

Some types of questions will, inevitably, be more difficult than others If the teacher wants their quiz results to reflect each student’s learning accurately, make sure that you weight each question based on its difficulty For example, complex open response questions should always be worth more than simple multiple choice questions

To play a game on Quizizz, the teachers can either choose from a library

of millions of public quizzes, or theu can decide to create their own quiz!

Once the teachers have picked a quiz, they can conduct it in the classroom with

Quizizz live mode or assign it as a homework game for students to practice at

their own time Students can use any device with a browser to join the game, and you get all the data both for individual students or the class as a whole

After providing students with a unique access code, a quiz can be recorded live as a timed competition or used as homework with a specific deadline After the quizzes have been completed, students can review their answers.[8]

2.1.2 Wheel of name ( https://wheelofnames.com/ )

Wheel of name is a Random Name Picker Website

This site provides a wheel that can be uploaded with activities and used to have the students ‘spin the wheel’

The teachers or the students click to spin the wheels and pick the random result It can be used as a random name picker in the classroom- pick a student randomly in the class It also can be used more than just name selection.[9]

2.1.3 The benefits of applying online quizzies and Wheel of names in English teaching and learning.

* The benefits of online quizzies

Giving online quizzes is one of the techniques that teachers can use in class This activity helps the teachers and the students as well, to know what and how much they have understood about a subject This technique is important to

be given at the beginning or end of the class However teachers must be mindful

to choose the appropriate types of quizzes for the students They have to consider that the quizzes are not only to know the students' comprehension toward the topic but also to make them enjoy completing the quizzes During e-learning, teachers can try to use websites that provide ideas and templates which can help them create quizzes Quizizz is one of examples of web-based quizzes that teachers can use to create fun online quizzes Besides, students receive immediate feedback and it can be constructive in nature if the teacher sets up the questions and answers with constructive feedback

Firstly, Students are being actively engaged in subject material When

students cannot answer certain questions in a quiz, they will go back to reread certain parts of the chapter Teachers can also review questions with most incorrect answers with the students

Secondly, Quizzes can increase students’ motivation Students would like to

get higher scores during the quizzes To make it happen, the students will pay attention to the teachers' explanation and may even review before the quiz

Thirdly, Quizzes can help students to recall information and get better grades When the quiz is set as an assignment, students can play the quiz over

again by themselves By repeating, the information will be stuck in their mind

Last but not least, Fun online quizzes can reduce students’ stress Quizizz

has a live dashboard with music background Students are able to see their own and others’ rank They can compete with other students to get higher scores Power-ups feature in Quizizz helps students to get double points or they may also decide to erase this option This feature makes students excited to get more power and use it Sometimes, after they answer the questions, a meme will appear These features make students forget that they are doing a quiz

In conclusion, interactive online quizzes not only help teachers with teaching techniques during e-learning but also have a beneficial impact on students Increasing students' involvement, motivation, better score and stress reduction are several benefits that students get through fun online quizzes.[10]

* The benefits of Wheel of names

There are a lot of virtual random wheel spinners the teachers can choose from However, Wheel of names is an easy website to use, highly customizable, and very engaging for students There are so many uses in the classroom with this random picker wheel This tool can be used without signing into an account

However, if teachers wish to use their spinners over and over again or want to create one ahead of time, they can login with their Google account and their lists can be accessed and edited any time under the Open List Tab.[11]

In the classroom when teachers use Wheel of names- a random name picker to pick the students in random, they are very eager to see the students who will be chosen This concentration also engaged them in the lesson

2.2 The reality of the students’ engagement and English learning outcomes

in class 11B5 at To Hien Thanh High School in Thanh Hoa city.

Although students who are in grade 11 have been learning English for 5 years or even 8 years(3 years in primary schools), they still feel that English is a very difficult subject Many students do not receive sufficient exposure at home They have many difficulties in recognizing sounds, understanding English sentences as well as using English to do exercises because of the lack of knowledge on sentence pattern, grammar knowledge, poor vocabulary and even wrong pronunciation

Additionally, the students who study at To Hien Thanh High School in Thanh Hoa city do not have much opportunities to use English outside classrooms Thus, with 3 lessons at school, they find it difficult to remember English words, the pronunciation as well as the usages Those are the reasons why their English are not good, even there are many students who do not know anything about English

For these students, learning English as a foreign language is a really boring and uninteresting task when they study at school During Covid-19 pandemic school learning is both done online and in- class Teaching through online learning is challenging not only for teachers but also for students

Besides, with difficulties of online learning such as the lack of devices, no internet connection, limited digital skills of parents it is not easy to attract the students’s attention on English lessons not only in lessons at school but also in online lessons during CoVID-19 pandemic period

The English marks of these students in the second term final exam when they were in grade 10( school year 2020-2021) are below

Average mark of the class is 5.58

2.3 The application of Quizizz and Wheel of names in English lessons during COVID-19 pandemic period to increase engagement and learning outcomes for the students of class 11B5 at To Hien Thanh High School in Thanh Hoa city.

2.3.1.Time and Measurement

2.3.1.1 Time

The study is carried out in both online and in-class English lessons during COVID-19 pandemic period of this school year( 2021-2022) in class 11B5 The study lasts nearly 8 months ( from September 6th 2021 to April 28th 2022) This study is divided into two periods with over fifty Quizizz exercises

+ The first period: the first term( September 6 th 2021 to January 5 th 2022)

mainly online classes.

+ The second period: the second term( January 18 th 2022 to April 28 th 2022)

In-class lessons at 11A5 classroom equipped with television and internet connection

2.3.1.2 Measurement

The assessment of student engagement in an English lesson in this study is based mainly on the number of the students and the times of their efforts on every quizizz exercise Their engagement here is mainly about their efforts in studying and their positive attitude toward the lessons and exercises on Quizizz

In this study, I myself evaluate the students’ learning outcomes from the marks they get in the final exam of the second term in comparison with ones they got in grade 10 In addition, my observation about their improvement compared to their levels at the beginning to see whether the students are able to recognize the grammartical points or do exercises better or not

2.3.2 The use of Quizizz and Wheel of names

2.3.2.1 My Quizizz(https://quizizz.com/admin)

 Design a quiz(game)

The teachers can either create their own quiz or choose from a library of millions of public quizzes

+ Creating the teacher’s own quiz

STEP 1 Go to the teacher’s address on www.quizizz.com

STEP 2 Select the “Create” panel and enter a name for the quiz Then, choose the appropriate topic(s) and Next

There are many different types of questions in Quizizz that the teachers can choose:

 multiple choice and checkbox questions

 fill-in-the-blank questions

 open response questions

 draw

 Audio Response

 Video Response

 Slide

STEP 4 Fill in a question, as well as answers, and be sure to click the

“incorrect” icon next to the correct answer in order to change it to “correct.” The teachers also add a corresponding image if they would like

 multiple choice and checkbox questions

STEP 5 Select “Save” and repeat step 4 Do this until the teachers have made all of their questions

 fill-in-the-blank questions

 open response questions

STEP 6 Hit “Save” in the top right corner.

STEP 7 Select the appropriate grade range, subject(s), and topic(s) The teachers can also add tags to make it easier to search for

Some types of questions will, inevitably, be more difficult than others If the teacher wants their quiz results to reflect each student’s learning accurately, make sure that you weight each question based on its difficulty For example, complex open response questions should always be worth more than simple multiple choice questions

+ Choose from a library of millions of public quizzes.

If the teachers want to use an existing quiz, they can follow these steps:

STEP 1 Go to the teacher’s address on www.quizizz.com

STEP 2 Select the “Create” panel and enter a name for the quiz Then, choose the appropriate topic(s) and Next

STEP 3: Use the “Search for quizzes” box and browse.

STEP 4: Enter the name or things the teacher wants to find, for example GRADE 11 CONJUCTIONS and search

Choose any questions you want to add to your quiz

STEP 5 Hit “Save” in the top right corner.

STEP 6 Select the appropriate grade range, subject(s), and topic(s) The teachers can also add tags to make it easier to search for

This way of designing a quiz is both convenient and time-saving for the teachers

 Start a quiz

The teachers pick a quiz in their library and conduct it in the classroom with

Quizizz live mode or assign it as a homework game Students can use their

mobile devices with the browser to join the game, and the teachers get all the data both for individual students or the class as a whole

+ Quizizz live mode

Teachers can start a quiz by sharing a game code( generated by the website automatically) or copied link to students Students can enter game code

or follow the link and join the game easily on their mobile devices When all the student have joined, the teachers “start” the game

+ Assign it as a homework game

Teachers share a game code( generated by the website automatically) or copied link to students Students can enter game code or follow the link and join