IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION THROUGH ELSA SPEAK APPLICATION OF MADRASAH ALIYAH OF DARUL ISTIQOMAH CILALLANG BOARDING SCHOOL

ABSTRAK
Dana Adillah, 2022. "Improving Students’ Pronunciation Through Elsa
Speak Application of Madrasah Aliyah of Darul Istiqomah
Cilallang Boarding School," A thesis of English Education
Study Program at Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty,
State Islamic Institute of Palopo (IAIN Palopo). Under
Supervisor, Dr. Jufriadi S.S., M.Hum was the first
consultant, and Rusdiansyah, S.Pd., M.Hum was the second
consultant.
This study aims to determine whether the use of the ELSA Speak
application can improve students' mastery of pronunciation at the Darul
Istiqamah Islamic boarding school and to determine students' perceptions
of using the ELSA Speak application in improving students' pronunciation
mastery at Darul Istiqamah Cilallang Islamic boarding school. The
researcher adopted the pre-experimental method in this research. The
researcher used a total sampling sample, of which the students consisted of
14 students. The instrument in this research was a test and a questionnaire.
The data was analyzed statistically by using SPSS 22 edition. The result of
the research revealed that the mean score on the post-test is higher than the
score on the pre-test score (27.67 < 44.33). Besides, the value of the t�count is 2.537 with the degree of freedom (df) value 11, which is higher
than the t-table 1.796. It means that the use of ELSA Speak application
helps the students to improve their pronunciation mastery. The result of
the student's responses to the questionnaire was 3,51, which was classified
as "Good." It indicates that respondents agree with the statement. Learning
by using the Elsa Speak application motivates students to increase their
vocabulary. The students responded positively to the statements in the
questionnaire. The implication of this research is that students' mastery of
pronunciation knowledge can increase. This application can assist teachers
in learning English, so students will find it easier to know and understand
lessons, and students will feel interested in learning English.
Keyword: ELSA Speak Application, Pronunciation Mastery.