THE USE OF MONDLY APPLICATION AS A MEDIA TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY OF EIGHT GRADE AT UPT SMPN 1 KEPULAUAN SELAYAR

Abstract

The background of this research is to know the improvement of students‟ writing ability by the implementation of Mondly Application The research apply pre-experimental with one grup class pre-test and posttest. This research was conducted at UPT SMPN 1 Benteng Kepulauan Selayar, Jl Kihajar Dewantara No.12, Selayar Island. In this research the population was the eight students of UPT SMPN 1 Benteng Kepulauan Selayar in 2020/2021 academic year. The researcher used total sampling technique. The total number of sample was 26 students from class VIII-E. After conducted the research, the researcher concludes that the used of mondly application increase writing skill student, it is proved by the mean score of the students‟ in pretest and post-tes. The result of the research shows that Mondly application significantly increase students‟ writing ability after did treatment. mean score improved from 334 in pre-test to 510,75 in post-test. It indicated that the alternative hypothesis (HA) was accepted and, of course, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It means that Mondly Application could increase the students‟ Writing ability in learning English at SMPN 1 Kepulauan Selayar.