ABSTRACT

THE EFFECT OF USING INSTAGRAM ON ELEVENTH-GRADE

STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

Name : Yahya Ramadoni

Registration Number : 15020084058
Study Program : S1 English Education
Faculty : Languages and Arts
Institution : State University of Surabaya
Advisor : Wiwiet Eva Savitri, S.Pd., M.Pd
Year : 2019

Keywords: Instagram, speaking skill

Speaking skill, as one of the fundamental skills of English,

has a significant role in language learning process. It is a productive
skill of language learning. In order to master speaking skill, learners
must implement the use of English in communication orally. In some
cases, students have difficulty in English speaking practice. Most of
them have less interest during speaking practice. They argue
learning English in the school is not attractive, because the strategy
or the method that teachers use is lack of attraction. They need
something new that is more interesting and challenging. Therefore, it
is necessary to conduct a research related to the effect of Instagram
on eleventh-grade students’ speaking skill. Thus, this study aims to
know whether to find out the Instagram effect on students’ speaking
skill.
The design of this research is an experimental quantitative
research. The population is the eleventh-grade students’ of SMAN 1
Gresik, and the sample is 38 students of XI SIG 2 as the experimental
group, and 37 students of XI SIG 1 as the control group. The research
instruments used

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