In order to enhance students’ engagement and motivation, the integration of technology into instructional environments is
becoming increasingly fundamental. In this context, Wordwall is utilized for English Letters students in Universitas Sanata Dharma.
This study investigates the effectiveness of Wordwall—an online tool applying gamification principles in non-game contexts—to
enhance English Letters students’ learning engagement and motivation in literature classes. Wordwall is chosen among other
platforms since it is free to use and students do not need to login to the platform. Therefore, it is deemed to be practical. This
study uses quasi experimental post-test design. The population of this study is the students of Introduction to Literature and
Culture of English-Speaking Nation of English Literature Class batch 2022. Both groups took a pre-test and post-test and the
results were compared to see the variance in the results. Each group received one lesson per week for four weeks as part of the
treatments. Lastly, the data were analysed using independent sample t-test with SPSS version 25. The findings indicated that
integrating Wordwall into Literature classes had a notable impact in motivating students to actively engage in the learning
environment. Employing gamification quizzes in literature classes emerged as an innovative agent to engage students’ interest
in reading and interpreting literature works. In addition, the enjoyable and friendly competitive nature in Wordwall also facilitated
the students to understand the literature texts better. Importantly, the lecturer may also monitor the students’ progress from the
results of the quizzes presented in ranks, leaderboards, or statistics