In most schools in Indonesia, the subject of English remains a scary thing
for students. The high number of students who struggle to understand English
poses a unique challenge for English teachers in delivering the subject. This is
because many teachers still do not maximize learning using creative methods, and
students also do not explore English lessons further. Therefore, this research was
conducted to examine the writer's reflection on using a creative learning model,
namely the Team Games Tournament. The Team Games Tournament learning
model is one of the cooperative learning models that includes game tournaments
as academic tournaments. By having these tournaments, it is expected to attract
students' interest in learning English. In this research, the writer serves as the
phenomenon being studied. The research design used in this study is practitioner
inquiry, which involves research based on personal experience, where the
researcher reflects on their own experiences to be used as research data. This
research was conducted in the 12th-grade Accounting class. The results of this
study reveal that the Team Games Tournament learning model is highly effective
for me in assessing students' ability to engage in group discussions. Moreover, it
is considered a successful approach for the writer in teaching using this learning
model, as it successfully attract students' interest in learning English.
Keywords: Team Games Tournament, practitioner inquiry, cooperative learning
model