The Effectiveness of Educaplay Web Toward Students’ Motivation in Learning English at the Fourth Grades of SDN 153 Lubuk Landai

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the effect of using Educaplay media on the English learning motivation of fifth-grade students at SDN 153/II Sungai Gambir. The research was motivated by the low level of student motivation, as indicated by pretest results mostly in the low to moderate category. To address this issue, an interactive learning medium was implemented to encourage engagement and interest. This research applied a pre-experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design involving 30 students. The instrument used was an English learning motivation questionnaire with 30 items based on Hamzah B. Uno’s (2017) motivation indicators. Data were collected through questionnaires, pretests, posttests, observations, and documentation, then analyzed using validity, reliability, normality, and linearity tests, as well as paired sample t-test with SPSS 25. The results indicated an average pretest score of 85.23 (moderate) and a posttest average of 129.47 (high). The paired sample t-test showed a mean difference of 44.23, with t = 14.261 and significance 0.000 (p < 0.05), confirming a significant improvement. Although the Pearson correlation (r = 0.118, p > 0.05) indicated a weak relationship between pretest and posttest rankings, the findings concluded that Educaplay effectively enhanced students’ English learning motivation and overall outcomes.