Malaysian Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) (SJK(C)) schools have a large population of Year Four students who face great challenges in Mandarin writing. Students can easily communicate using spoken Mandarin; however, they have difficulties in the accuracy of characters, sentence structure, structure of ideas, and use of vocabulary in their speech. The paper will examine the utilization of gamified learning tools, in this case, Wordwall and Baamboozle, in improving Mandarin composition abilities in primary school learners. The mixed-methods design was applied that included the quantitative analysis of 300 composition samples (150 before intervention, 150 after the intervention) with the qualitative information of the teacher interviews. The results have shown an observable positive change in writing performance after administering online writing games, a decrease in low level scores and more high scoring bands performance. The educators have expressed that their engagement and motivation improved, but limitations in infrastructure, time, and workload were cited as issues. The research is concluded with the finding that the gamified learning in its strategic approach may be used to improve the writing competence and classroom interaction in Mandarin language studies.
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