THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DUOLINGO APPLICATION TOWARDS THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN MONOLOGUE TEXT AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 1 GENDING

RISKA BELA, ADINDA ROSITA (2023) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DUOLINGO APPLICATION TOWARDS THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN MONOLOGUE TEXT AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 1 GENDING. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Kiai Haji Achmad Shiddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Riska Bela Adinda Rosita, 2023: The Effectiveness of Duolingo Application towards the Students’ Speaking Skill in Monologue Text at the Eighth Grade of SMPN 1 Gending.
Key word: Duolingo Application, Speaking Skill, and Monologue Text
Speaking appears to be considered the most important and it is concluded in reality that most people need express their idea and feeling through spoken language. Having spoken language is to maintain social relationship. Speaking skill is very important to allow students to communicate effectively and efficiently through spoken language. When the students cannot speak, it may result in their inability to express their idea and feeling though in a simple conversation. Although English is taught effectively and efficiently in SMPN 1 Gending, in fact it is still far from what an English teacher expects. The following are the reasons why the students face a difficulty in speaking. First, they have limited vocabulary and low grammar. They also have a problem in pronunciation. Pronunciation, for instance, is the sound made while speaking. Second, they have low self-confidence in speaking English. It happens because they are not encouraged in using spoken English. Similarly, they are not interested in spoken English.
This research attempted to examine: “Is Duolingo application effective towards the students’ speaking skill in monologue text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Gending?” This research was conducted to find out whether or not there is a significant effect of Duolingo application towards the students’ speaking skill in monologue text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Gending.
Research methodology of this research was used quantitative research by using experimental research: Non-equivalent control group design. The researcher applied two classes to be studied as experimental class that consisted of 33 students and control class that consisted of 29 students. There were six meetings for both classes. The first meeting was for normality and homogeneity test, the second meeting was pre-test, the third, fourth, and fifth meetings were treatments, and the sixth meeting was post-test. The data collection of this research was obtained by using pre-test and post-test.
It can be stated that the result analysis is from the formula of Independent Sample T-test. Independent Sample T-test with SPSS 29 for Windows shows the Sig. (2-tailed) is <,001 which is lower than 0.05. It means that Ha (Alternative Hypothesis) is accepted while Ho (Null Hypothesis) is rejected and there is significant effect of Duolingo application towards the students’ speaking skill in monologue text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Gending.

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