Jurnal Kajian Pembelajaran dan Keilmuan
Vol 10, No 1 (2026): APRIL 2026

USING FREE4TALK AS LEARNING MEDIA IN BOOSTING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS




Article Info

Publish Date
06 Apr 2026

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of Free4Talk, as learning media, to improve junior high school students’ speaking skills. The research employed quantitative pre-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. There were 34 students of grade 8 participated as research sample. They were registered at Rubath Nurul Musthofa Islamic Boarding School, where this research took place on even semester of 2024/2025 academic year. In data collection, pre-test and post-test of speaking skills were used as the instruments. The data were analyzed statistically using paired-sample t-test. The calculation of the data revealed that t-test value of 19.44 was far higher than the t-table value of 1.692 in the significance level of 5%. This result confirmed that there was a difference on students’ speaking achievement in the pre-test and post-test in which the students performed better in the post-test. The analysis data covered speaking components including pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, and self-confidence. These findings rejected H0 and accepted Ha. To sum, in this research work, Free4Talk was said to be effective to improve students’ speaking skills.

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jurnalkpk

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Social Sciences Other

Description

Journal of Kajian Pembelajaran dan Keilmuan (JKPK) is a peer-reviewed journal which focuses on topics related to education and science in various teaching and learning fields. JKPK invites researchers, lecturers, teachers from various levels such as elementary and secondary levels of education, ...