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Improving Students' Vocabulary by Using the Cake Application at Senior High School 9 Makassar Firman Saputra Sattuang; Haryanto Haryanto; Munir Munir
PERFORMANCE: JOURNAL OF ENGLISH EDUCATION AND LITERATURE Vol 4, No 4: November (2025) Performance: Journal of English Education and Literature
Publisher : State University of Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/performance.v4i4.79498

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This study aims to improve the vocabulary of grade students of SMA Negeri 9 Makassar. This study uses a pre-experimental design with a quantitative approach. The study population was 36 grade X.3 students of SMA Negeri 9 Makassar. Data collection techniques used were pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The statistical results of the students' average scores increased significantly from 74.72 in the pre-test to 91.39 in the post-test. The t-test results showed a significant difference before and after treatment, with a significance value of 0.000. These results support the use of the cake application to improve students' vocabulary in English learning.Keywords: Vocabulary, Cake Application, Learning Media.
YouTube-Based Pronunciation Instruction Throught Pronunciation With Emma: Enhancing Students' Mastery of English Diphthong Sounds Whana Sri Ayu Ningtias; Maemuna Muhayyang; Haryanto Haryanto
PESHUM : Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosial dan Humaniora Vol. 5 No. 5: Agustus 2026
Publisher : CV. Ulil Albab Corp

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56799/peshum.v5i5.18577

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The study investigated whether the Pronunciation with Emma YouTube channel could have positive effects on junior secondary students’ pronunciation of English diphthongs. A pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was used. The participants were 9th grade students of Class IX.K at SMP Negeri 3 Sungguminasa. The data were obtained from a pronunciation reading test made up of 40 words using eight diphthongs in English. The pre-test was prepared and used to assess students’ pronunciation achievement (AO1) at first, then a post-test was conducted after 4 treatment sessions using selected videos from Pronunciation with Emma channel. Quantitative data were also interpreted with descriptive statistics by the paired-sample t-test. It is established that students’ mean score increased as from 50.33 in the pretest to 73.93 in the post-test. The paired-sample t-test result was significant, p < .001, which suggests this improvement was significant in the outcomes following the intervention. Improvements were also observed for all eight diphthong sounds. Since pronunciation with Emma can give a useful audio-visual model, articulation support, and repetition effect to EFL learners as additional media in practice, it is a pedagogical view to aiding students in their development of English diphthong pronunciation performance.