THE EFFECT OF USING MURDOCH INTERGRATED APPROACH (MIA) TOGETHER WITH GAMIFICATION TO ENHENCE ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION OF GRADE 7 STUDENTS

Abstract

This thesis has 2 objectives 1.) to compare the ability of English reading comprehension of grade 7 students before and after by using the Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification and 2.) to study students’ satisfaction toward learning by using the Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification. The samples of this research consisted of 7 students from Bansamyod School in the second semester of the 2022 academic year. The participants were selected by the purposive sampling. The research technique method was the one-group pretest-posttest design. The research instruments were 1.) Lesson plans on English reading comprehension skills of grade 7 students using Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification 2.) pre-test and post test of English reading comprehension using Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification and 3.) Questionnaire to investigate the satisfaction of grade 7 students towards learning Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification. The mean (), standard deviation (S.D), dependent sample t-test and content analysis were employed to analyze the data.  The findings were as follows:

1. The achievement of reading English comprehension of the participants after learning Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification was higher than before using Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification at the .05 level.


2. The satisfaction of participants towards learning Murdoch Integrated Approach (MIA) with gamification was very high.