THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING MEMRISE APPLICATION IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF MTS MA’ARIF AL-ISHLAH BUNGKAL
Keywords:
Memrise Application, Pronunciation AbilityAbstract
Pronunciation is the basis for conveying messages in language and one of the most
important language components that must be taught to students in English learning process
as a foreign language. In the school, if students do not have good pronunciation, students tend
to be passive and unable to communicate well. So, in this technology era, the teacher can use
interesting and interactive media in teaching pronunciation such as Memrise application that
helpful the English learning process to be more effective and fun for the students. This
research relates to the use of the Memrise application in improving students' pronunciation
ability. The purpose of this research was to find out whether there were significant
differences in students' pronunciation ability between students who were taught using the
Memrise application and students who were not taught using the Memrise application at the
eighth grade of MTs Ma’arif Al-Ishlah Bungkal. This research used quantitative research
method, with a quasi-experimental research type. Data collection instruments used were
tests and documentation. The test instruments used were pre-test and post-test to measure
students' pronunciation ability. The population of this research were class VIII students of
MTs Ma'arif Al-Ishlah Bungkal in academic year 2022/2023. The researcher used purposive
sampling by taking class VIII A and VIII B as samples. Class VIII A consisted of 27 students as
control class and class VIII B consisted of 28 students as experimental class. The results of
this research showed that the use of the Memrise application as a media for learning
pronunciation can improve students' pronunciation ability. The value of ttest between
students’ pronunciation ability who were taught by Memrise application and those who were
not taught by Memrise application was 5,841. The result of computation using t-test formula
of 5% signification level was 2,005. The ttest was higher than ttable, so that the null hypothesis
(H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded
that there is a significant difference in students' pronunciation ability between students who
were taught using the Memrise application and students who were not taught using the
Memrise application.
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