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In recent years, globalization has worldwide. This one impacts the education
world as well. English is one of the parts of the globalization age which has a big
role in supporting the globalization era. Particularly in the learning process. Basic
English is one of the things that should be learned by the students well. This
research aimed at presenting the effect and the students’ responses of using gamebased learning through English Pop Quiz as media to engage students’ interest in
learning vocabulary. Thirty-nine students in the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 3
Kabupaten Tangerang participated for four weeks. This research emphasizes the
quantitative of pre-experimental method to obtain the research data and answer
the research questions. The research result revealed that the Null hypothesis is
rejected and the Alternative hypothesis is accepted. As well as the result of
questionnaire students’ perceptions that have a positive impact on it.
Unfortunately, it is different with the result of the observation checklist which
stated inconsistent scores. After all, it can be concluded that there is a significant
effect of the use of game-based learning through English Pop Quiz on students’
vocabulary achievement.