THE USE OF DUOLINGO TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY AT SMP NEGERI 8 SATU ATAP TONDANO
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https://doi.org/10.36582/jotell.v3i5.9167Keywords:
Duolingo, Improving, Vocabulary, Students’Abstract
This research aims to determine the use of Duolingo to improve students' vocabulary in English subjects at SMP Negeri 8 Satu Atap Tondano. This research uses a pre-experimental design with a one group pretest-posttest design. This research was carried out at SMP Negeri 8 Satu Atap Tondano. The sample of 24 students. The research instruments given were pretest and posttest, with a total of 20 questions. The research results show that the use of Duolingo can improve students' vocabulary. This is proven by the students' posttest average score 74.04 with a standard deviation of 12.22 which is greater than the pretest average score 41.08 with a standard deviation of 8.76. Apart from that, the results of the hypothesis test show that the value of tcount (6.057) is greater than t-table (2.069). Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of Duolingo can improve students' vocabulary at SMP Negeri 8 Satu Atap Tondano.
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