JOOX APPLICATION EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION ABILITY AT ENGLISH DEPARTEMENT OF IAIN PALOPO

ABSTRACT
Dirgantara, 2023, “Joox application Effect On Students Pronunciation
Ability At English Department Of IAIN PALOPO”. Thesis
English Study Program Educational Department in the State
Islamic Studies Palopo Supervised by Dr.Jufriadi, S.S., M.P.d. and
Husnaini S.Sp.I, M.Pd.
This study aims to improve students' pronunciation abilities by using the
JOOX application in the English learning method at the English Department
of IAIN Palopo. To find out whether the Joox application is effective or not,
researchers used a pre-experimental design methodology with a population of
48 students. Researchers used a purposive technique which determined 10
students as a sample. The instruments used in this study were observation and
tests. The results of the study showed that there were significant differences in
the pronunciation abilities of students who were taught using the JOOX
application. The average score of the students' post-test (52,00) was higher
than the pre-test (81,00). A paired sample test shows that to (the t-count) is
7.846 with a df (degrees of freedom) of 9, while tt (the t-table) is 2.262 for a
standard significance level of 0.05 (5%) at df = 29. This means that the t-count
value is higher than the t-table value. This is also evidenced by observations,
which show that students always enjoy, are active, enthusiastic, and
interactive in class by using Joox application. The students said that they
really enjoyed this new way of improving their pronunciation skills. Thus the
hypothesis H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that the
Joox application is effective in learning English and improving the
pronunciation skills of students majoring in English at IAIN Palopo.
Keywords: Joox, Pronunciation Ability, Teaching.