THE EFFECT OF WHATSAPP TO ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS SPEAKING OF SMKN 2 KEDIRI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018
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INDAH ROHMAWATIUniversitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
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14.1.01.08.0070Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the effect of WhatsApp on students’ speaking of SMKN 2 Kediri. The subject of the research was 37 students consist of 3 males and 34 females of XI Banking I class of SMKN 2 Kediri in the academic year 2017-2018. This is pre-experimental quantitative research with one group pre-test post-test design. The data collected by comparing results of pre-test and post-test with the mean score 20,108 and standard deviation 17,658, and then the data analyzed using Paired Sample T-test on IBM SPSS Statistic version 23. The result showed that t-score 6,927 with the significance (2-tailed) value was higher than t-table at the level of significance 0.01 which was 2,719. It can be concluded that WhatsApp has significant effect on students’ speaking of SMKN 2 Kediri in the aspect of fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation, and especially in the grammar aspect. For the teachers who interested in applying WhatsApp on teaching learning process, it is suggested to prepare more time in order to cover all the students’ problems.
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