ENHANCING STUDENTS' VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH CAKE APPLICATION AS A LEARNING MEDIA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of using Cake Application as a learning media to enhance students' vocabulary mastery at SMA Al – Irsyad Tegal. Cake Application is one of the technology-based learning media on smartphones to learn English. This application is used in research and is very easy to use to improve English skills such as reading, speaking, writing, especially to enhance vocabulary mastery. The research hypothesis is The use of Cake Application as a learning media has a positive effect on vocabulary mastery of Eleventh grade students at SMA Al – Irsyad in the academic year of 2023/2024. The population in this study is all of Eleventh grade students at SMA Al – Irsyad Tegal with a total of 169 students. The author uses cluster random sampling with a two-group design (experimental group and control group). The total number of samples is 53 students, 33 students as the Experimental group and 20 students as the Control group.

Before being given treatment, each group is given a Pre – test for the initial test. The experimental group is a group of students who carry out treatment using Cake Application as a learning media, while the control group is a group of students who carry out treatment without using Cake Application. After teaching for six meetings, the author gives a Post – test to the experimental group and the control group as a result of the treatment. The author analyzes the t-test data using Independent Sample T test with SPSS version 27, and the t-test value is 5.094.

While the t-table with reference to the formula (a / 2); (df) is 2.008. Thus, the t-value is greater than the t-table (5.094 > 2.008). Based on these results, H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. This means that there is a positive influence on the vocabulary mastery of Eleventh grade students of SMA Al – Irsyad Tegal by using Cake Application as a learning media. Then, the author suggests that English teachers use Cake Application to improve students' English vocabulary mastery.