The Use of Kahoot as Vocabulary-mediated Activity to Teach Expressions in Asking and Giving Opinion

Abstract

The purpose of this teaching practice is to describe the use of Kahoot in teaching Expressions in Asking and Giving Opinion. Kahoot is a game-based learning platform that utilizes quiz to encourage students’ vocabulary learning in teaching Asking and Giving Opinion for eleventh grade student in Islamic Senior High School. The use of this media is used at the practice stage in whilst-teaching. In this stage teacher divided students into small groups to get and to demonstrate the new vocabulary on the practice stage. Students looked very interested when they used Kahoot. This media allow students to experiment with using words in their own speech and provide students with the opportunity to collaborate and discuss various meanings of new vocabulary. Thus, the result indicate that using Kahoot in teaching Asking and Giving Opinion is enhancing students' engagement in learning process. Therefore, Kahoot is an appropriate media in teaching Asking and Giving Opinion.