The aim of this article is to investigate the perceptions of university students on the use of edutainment in promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in English as a second language (ESL) writing. 20 diploma students from Malaysia University of Science & Technology (MUST) participated in this study. This study adopts quantitative research design where a set of questionnaires was distributed to the students. Before answering the questionnaire, the students went through a treatment using edutainment. They had to play an online game downloaded from Play Store. They spent 13 weeks playing the game. At the end of the treatment, they had to sit for the post test. Then they were asked to complete the questionnaire. This study is in bringing positive impact to the society starting from the ministry to the students regarding the importance of the edutainment implementation in classroom teaching. The findings reveal that the students perceived that Edutainment has affected the stimulation of higher order thinking skills in their writing. This suggests that edutainment should be incorporated in the teaching and learning English.

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寓教于乐在提升马来西亚大学生 ESL 写作中的高阶思维能力中的应用

本文的目的是调查大学生对使用寓教于乐来促进英语作为第二语言 (ESL) 写作的高阶思维技能 (HOTS) 的看法。来自马来西亚科技大学（MUST）的20名文凭学生参加了这项研究。本研究采用定量研究设计，其中向学生分发了一套问卷。在回答问卷之前，学生们进行了寓教于乐的治疗。他们必须玩从 Play 商店下载的在线游戏。他们花了 13 周的时间玩这个游戏。在治疗结束时，他们不得不坐下来进行后期测试。然后他们被要求完成问卷。本研究旨在从教育部开始，向学生介绍寓教于乐在课堂教学中的重要性，从而为社会带来积极影响。调查结果显示，学生认为寓教于乐影响了他们写作中高阶思维技能的激发。这表明应该将寓教于乐纳入英语的教学和学习中。