Gamification Integrated with Collaborative Learning Strategy in Enhancing Students’ Micro and Macro Speaking Skills

Abstract

Low motivation in learning speaking is the primary reason for this research. Thus, this study investigated the learning processes in applying gamification integrated with a collaborative learning strategy to enhance students’ micro and macro speaking skills. Moreover, the students’ perceptions toward implementing gamification combined with a collaborative learning strategy to enhance students’ micro and macro speaking skills were explored. This study utilized qualitative design (a single case study) involving 25 students studying at an Islamic Boarding School in Cianjur, Indonesia. The data were gained through observation, interview, and open-ended questionnaires and analyzed qualitatively. The results indicate that implementing a collaborative learning strategy facilitates students to engage in interactive speaking experiences, promoting cognitive development through the balance of assimilation and accommodation. Applying this learning strategy fosters interdependence and individual accountability, allows students to negotiate meanings, and explores concepts collectively. Moreover, incorporating gamification with the collaborative learning strategy in the learning process, particularly the use of bingo games, is a playful element facilitating students to foster engagement, motivation, and learning experiences, encourage participation and collaboration among students, and enhance students’ micro and macro speaking skills, i.e., pronunciation, vocabulary usage, and grammar, are essential for constructing coherent speech, discourse, and pragmatic competence. The speaking skills are crucial for meaningful interaction and relationship building. In addition, the students’ perceptions toward the learning process show that the integration of gamification and collaborative learning strategy enables students to learn speaking effectively and joyfully.