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Boosting Speaking Skills: Using Duolingo in English Language Instruction

Authors
Yelsa Dearestiani1, *, Abdul Rohman1, Widi Syahtia Pane1
1Universitas Widya Gama Mahakam, Samarinda, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: dearestianiyelsa4@gmail.com
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Yelsa Dearestiani
Available Online 27 April 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-048-0_33How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Speaking skills; Duolingo; English language instruction; improvement; students
Abstract

This study investigated how Duolingo can help students speak better. This study focused on 31 eighth-graders at SMP Negeri 35 Samarinda in 2022. The study used Classroom Action Research (CAR) and quantitative data analysis. The mean speaking score was calculated from pre- and post-test quantifiable data. This study found that pupils’ speaking skills improved from 44.67 to 47.41 in the first cycle. The second cycle's mean pre-test was 54.83 and post-test was 78.06. The top and bottom scorers also increased. In the first cycle, 65 students had the highest rank and 35 had the lowest, but in the second cycle, 95 had the highest and 50 had the lowest. Duolingo improved pupils’ speaking skills and fluency. Students became more engaged in English language study. Thus, Duolingo helped students better their fluency, pronouns, grammar, and comprehension.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advance Research in Social and Economic Science (ICARSE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 April 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-048-0
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-048-0_33How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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