RETAIN (RESEARCH ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN INDONESIA)
Vol 8 No 2 (2020)

The Use of Duolingo Application to Enhance English Vocabulary of Junior High School




Article Info

Publish Date
02 Jun 2020

Abstract

Teaching vocabulary is demanding in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL). EFL learners often forget words easily due to a lack of target language input, and most words are learned through classroom instruction, which often leads to boredom. Thus, such works suggest the urge for a more effective approach to vocabulary teaching for EFL learners. This study explores the use of MALL application; Duolingo to enhance student’s knowledge and interest in learning English vocabulary through mobile technologies. Quasi-experimental study was tested to seventh-grader with two group sample experimental and control that each group consist of 17 students. The research instruments used was a test that collected from pre-test and post-test score. Then, the data were analyzed using t-test calculation of SPSS 20 to identify its vocabulary improvement from each group. The results indicate a positive as the calculation of significance level (p-value) from experimental post-test scores is .000. It is lower than .05, which means there is a significant difference in experimental group after given a treatment. In addition, the experimental group got a higher average score of the post-test which is 87.94 than the control group which is 75.52. In conclusion, Duolingo can be believed to be a gamified language learning app that can develop vocabulary skills of the seventh grade.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

retain

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

RETAIN publishes articles within the scope of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. RETAIN publishes articles within the scope of English Language Teaching and Applied ...