THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HELLO ENGLISH APPLICATION TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT SMP NEGERI 26 PURWOREJO

Abstract

Hello English application is an interactive learning strategy to improve students' speaking skills. The objectives of this study are to describe students' speaking skill and to find out whether the Hello English application is effective or not on students' speaking skill in class VII of SMP Negeri 26 Purworejo in the academic year 2023/2024. This research is quantitative research with pre-test and post-test designs. The population in this study were class VII students of SMP Negeri 26 Purworejo in the academic year 2023/2024 with a population of 150 students and the sample amounted to 60 students from class VII B as the experimental class and class VII D as the control class. Researcher took samples using purposive sampling. The researcher analyzes the data by using descriptive statistics to find the mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation, and variance. Whereas, inferential analysis is used to prove the hypothesis test in the significance level 0.05. The results of the data analysis showed that the mean pre-test score of the experimental group was 51.60 and the control group pre-test was 51.07. Whereas, the mean score of the post-test of the experimental group was 67.07 and the mean score of the post-test of the control group was 62.80. By comparing the mean scores of the two groups, it can be seen that the post-test mean score of the experimental group is higher than the post-test mean score of the control group (67.07>62.80). In addition, the T-test results based on SPSS 16.0 calculations using the Independent T-test showed a t-value of 2.297 with Sig. (2-tailed) lower than 0.05 (0.025<0.05), which means Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Therefore, the results of this study indicate that the Hello English application is effective in improving students' speaking skill in class VII of SMP Negeri 26 Purworejo in the 2023/2024 academic year.