Retain: Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Vol. 14 No. 02 (2026)

The Effectiveness of “Wizer.me” as Digital Learning Media to Improve Vocational Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text

Ramadhani Aktasan (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of Wizer.me as a digital learning medium in improving vocational high school students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts. The study employed a quantitative pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest design involving 30 eleventh-grade students from the Visual Communication Design (DKV) program at a private vocational high school in Surabaya during the 2025/2026 academic year. A 30-item multiple-choice reading test was developed based on the TOEFL iBT Reading Framework, covering five reading skills: identifying main ideas, vocabulary in context, scanning for details, making inferences, and locating references. Students completed a pre-test, participated in three instructional sessions using interactive Wizer.me worksheets, and then completed a post-test. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, and a paired sample t-test. Results showed that the mean score increased from 70.13 (SD = 6.11) in the pre-test to 90.73 (SD = 6.87) in the post-test, indicating a gain of 20.60 points. The normality test indicated that the residuals were normally distributed (p = 0.079), and the paired sample t-test showed a statistically significant improvement (t = -14.663, df = 29, p < 0.001). These findings suggest that Wizer.me is an effective digital learning medium for enhancing vocational students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts

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Journal Info

Abbrev

retain

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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RETAIN publishes articles within the scope of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. RETAIN publishes articles within the scope of English Language Teaching and Applied ...