KnE Social Sciences

Published date: Apr 18 2025

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: The 7th International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE)

Pages: 302 - 311

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v10i9.18505

Agustinus Dheny Budiono Wibowoagusdheny@gmail.comUniversitas PGRI Semarang, 50232

Senowarsito ‎ Universitas PGRI Semarang, 50232

Dias Andris SusantoUniversitas PGRI Semarang, 50232

Most English pupils have difficulty in learning English, especially when it comes to speaking on their own. Those who want to speak well and fluently must develop a willingness to learn independently, since learning English in class is insufficient. Due to this, it is necessary to develop students’ self-reliance to learn. There are three concepts of self-reliance: i. being responsible, ii. being disciplined, and iii. being confident. Having awareness that students’ ability to learn independently will have an impact on how well their self-reliance ability develops. The Duolingo application has the potential to grow students’ self-reliance awareness because this application provides direct feedback on their progress. So far, not much research has investigated this. Therefore, this research aimed to investigate the development of students’ self-reliance of learning to speak English before and after using Duolingo, and described how the students grow self-reliance in learning to speak English. The research was conducted on 70 high school students in Semarang City. Using Concurrent Nested Design, this quantitative research focused on measuring changes in the level of the students’ independent learning in speaking before and after using Duolingo. Qualitative data, such as interview results, were used to complete the picture on how students used the application to improve their self-reliance. The result showed that the mean pre-test score was 79.43, which increased to 91.81 in the post-test, showing a significant improvement of 12.38 points. This indicated the intervention’s effectiveness. The standard deviation of the pre-test is 6.606, and the post-test is 5.483. Moreover, the average N-gain score is 0.64 and a mean percentage improvement of 64%. While most participants improved significantly, there was notable variation in the extent of improvement. The qualitative analysis underscores the diverse ways participants perceive and benefit from using Duolingo, highlighting its effectiveness in self-reliance to speak English.

Keywords: Duolingo, application, high school, self-reliance

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