THE INFLUENCE OF USING ORAI APPLICATION TOWARDS STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE TENTH GRADE OF MA MIFTAHUL HUDA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021

ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF USING ORAI APPLICATION TOWARDS STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE TENTH GRADE OF MA MIFTAHUL HUDA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021 By : ERIKA CAHYANING PUTRI Speaking is the most difficult subject to the students because the students feel less confident to speaking in English. Students also still feel nervous to speaking English because the students have a limited time of practice speaking. The students of Senior High School need new media to learn English, namely the Orai application. Orai application can help students improve their English learning, especially in the speaking skill. This research is conducted to find out whether there is a significant influence of using Orai application towards students‟ speaking skill at the second semester of the tenth grade of MA Miftahul Huda in the academic year of 2020/2021. In this research, the researcher used quasi experimental design, and the researcher used two classes, namely the experimental class and the control class. The experimental class used the application Orai, while the control class used the textbook. The researcher also applied pre-test and post-test to students. The population of this research was the tenth grade of MA Miftahul Huda. The sample of this research was 2 classes consisting of 48 students. There are 24 students in experimental class and 24 students in control class. In collecting data, the researcher used oral tests to collect the data. The result of the research, there is a significant influence of using Orai application towards students‟ speaking skill at the second semester of the tenth grade of MA Miftahul Huda in the academic year of 2020/2021. From the data analysis computed by using SPSS, it was obtained that Sig. (2-tailed) < α = 0.000. It means Ha is accepted because Sig. (2-tailed) < α = 0.05. From the result of these data, Orai can improve students in learning to speak English, because Orai is an application used to learn English, especially speaking. Keywords : Speaking skill, application Orai, quasi experimental desig