The Use of Plickers for Language Assessment of Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The 21st century of learning and teaching should always allow teachers and pupils to assess themselves. It is crucial to assess pupils’ learning efficiently and give feedback to them. The assessments process can be easier and effective with the advancement of technology tools. The traditional ways of assessment burdened the implementation of assessing pupils in the classroom. Thus, language assessment can be made in an interactive way through the integration of technology tool and game. ‘Plickers’ is one of the technology tools for teachers to administer language assessment in an easy way inside the classroom. The purpose of this study is to analyze the use of Plickers in Language Assessment of reading comprehension among English teachers of year 3 and year 4. This study was conducted with 20 teachers from rural schools in Subis and Mukah which situated in Sarawak, Malaysia. Research design used in this study is mixed-method study. Questionnaires and structured interviews were used to collect the data. The main finding shows that the teachers agreed that Plickers helps them in assessing Reading Comprehension of year 3 and Year 4 pupils. This study concludes that Plickers can help in Language Assessment of Reading Comprehension.