Martom, 180300000332 (2022) The Effect of Using the Elsa Speak Application to Teach Students’ Pronunciation at SMK Kesehatan of Kapuas Raya Sintang in the Academic Year 2021/2022. Skripsi, Universitas Kapuas.

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Martom, (2022). The Effect of Using the Elsa Speak Application to Teach Students’ Pronunciation at SMK Kesehatan of Kapuas Raya Sintang in the Academic Year 2021/2022. Thesis. Sintang: English Education Study Program, Universitas Kapuas Sintang. Main Supervisor : Agustinus Marjun, S.Pd., M.Pd. Assistant Supervisor : Lailatus Sa’adah, S.Pd., M.Pd. This research aims to investigate the effect of using the Elsa Speak application on students’ pronunciation skills of SMK Kesehatan of Kapuas Raya Sintang in the academic year 2021/2022). The design of this research used quasi-experimental research in quantitative research. The sample of this research was XI Clinical Pharmacy as the class control and XI Nursing Assistant as the class non-control. The class control was taught by using the Elsa Speak application and class non-control was taught without using the Elsa Speak application. This selection based on purposive sampling technique. Both classes have the same number of students, namley 30 students. The researcher gave test in the form of pre-test and post-test to the control and non-control classes. There are 10 items of test that are the same for the researcher’s pre-test and post-test. For the control class, the researcher gave treatment for 6 meetings. While for the non-control class, 6 meetings were also held without special treatment. The data obtained from the pre-test and post-test for the control class were then calculated to answer the objectives of this research. The result of this research indicated that the Elsa Speak application was significant in improving students’ pronunciation. This was proven by the average score before treatment was 46.03 and the average score after treatment has given was 76.46. It means that using the Elsa Speak application showed a positive effect size. It was 0.58, the criteria was Moderate Effect to be implemented for students, especially for the eleventh-grade students of SMK Kesehatan of Kapuas Raya Sintang.

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