Qur’anic-Based Vocabulary Sprint: Integrating Fast-Paced Spelling Bee Activities to Enhance Students’ English Lexical Proficiency
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https://doi.org/10.32699/ppps.v1i01.10848Abstract
This study investigates the effectiveness of a Qur’anic-Based Vocabulary Sprint, an instructional approach that integrates fast-paced spelling bee activities with Qur’anic moral values to enhance young learners’ English vocabulary mastery. Forty elementary school students learning English as a foreign language were divided into an experimental group (n=20), which received Qur’anic-based spelling bee instruction for four weeks, and a control group (n=20), which received conventional vocabulary teaching. A pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was employed to examine vocabulary gains. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an independent sample t0tes. The findings revealed that students in the experimental group achieved substantially higher vocabulary improvement (M=82.45, SD=5.98) compared to the control group (M=74.15, SD=6.21), with the difference statistically significant at p<.05. These results suggest that integrating Qur’anic values such as discipline, effort (ijtihad), and striving for excellence (ihsan) into gamified vocabulary learning motivates students, increases engagement, and accelerates vocabulary retention. The Qur’anic-Based Vocabulary Sprint therefore offers a pedagogically sound and culturally relevant method for strengthening lexical proficiency among young EFL learners
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