KAHOOT APPLICATION AS A FORMATIVE EVALUATION MEDIA IN STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF THE ASPECT OF WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT IN ONLINE CLASS

Abstract

This paper is a case study that aims to figure out the ways of applying Kahoot as a formative evaluation media in students' comprehension of the aspect of writing narrative text in online class and to investigate the perceives of the teacher of using Kahoot as a formative evaluation media in students' comprehension of the aspect of writing narrative text in online class. The study employed a qualitative research design, embracing characteristics of a case study. The data were obtained from several sources, including a classroom observation and interview. A classroom observation conducted by the researcher in class 11 MIPA and the interview with an English teacher. The findings revealed that the Kahoot application is a learning application that can also be used as a media to evaluate students' comprehension because this application can present several questions in the form of quizzes, this quiz can be played on the challenge mode and it can be used during distance learning. Implementing Kahoot in the process of evaluation can increase the student's achievement so that the student's comprehension of the narrative text can be improved. The teacher perceives that Kahoot very helped in carrying out the formative evaluation process in the online classroom, because the teacher can see the level of students' understanding of aspects of writing narrative text easily. But, an obstacle when the evaluation process is unstable internet connections. Based on the findings, it is recommended for English teachers to apply technology such as Kahoot to help the learning and evaluation process in online class easier and more fun and also to help students practice to increase their understanding. Keywords: Evaluation, Kahoot Application, Narrative text