Enhancing Seventh Grade Students' Speaking Skills through Duolingo Application Integration: A Case Study at SMP Negeri 9 Medan
Keywords:
Speaking skill, Duolingo application, Classroom Action ResearchAbstract
This research was mainly conducted in order to prove that Duolingo application could improve speaking skill of the seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Medan in the Academic Year of 2022/2023 and to describe their responses towards the implementation of Duolingo application in the processes of learning speaking skill. The quantitative data analysis showed the mean score increase from 55,29 in Pre-test with 13% of the students got score ≥ 70, in Formative-test 69,54 with 52% of the students got score ≥ 70, and 78,09 in Post-test with 84% of the students got score ≥ 70. This is Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research findings showed that teaching speaking skill by using Duolingo application to the seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 9 Medan could improve their speaking skill. It is advisable that English teachers try applying Duolingo application in teaching speaking skill.
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