The Effect of Using Hello English Application System on The Students' Speaking Skill

Abstract

This research aims to determine whether there is a significant influence of the use of digital systems on the speaking skills of students in ten gradeseniorhighschool. This research is a quantitative with aexperimental design. It was conducted in tengradeSmk Negeri 1 Beringin under the academic year 2020/2021. The total population was 168 students and researchers took 20 students for the experimental class and 20 students for the control class which meant 40 students as a total sample. In collecting data, researchers used multiple choice tests as instruments. Tests are pre-tests given before treatment and post tests given after treatment. Then, the data obtained were analyzed using t-test at SPSS 20 with a significance level of 5% (0.05). Furthermore, the researcher found that the post-test mean score in the experimental class was higher than the control class (82.30> 72.35). The t-test results also showed that t0 (3.327) was higher than ttable at a significance level of 5% (0.05) with a degree of freedom 40 being 2.024. Therefore, the results of t0>ttable result that H0 (null hypothesis) is rejected and Ha (alternative hypothesis) is accepted. The calculation of the effect size is 1.37 which is within the range of effect criteria including the strong effect. Thus, the Hello English application has a significant influence on students' speaking skills in tengradeSmk Negeri 1 Beringin.