THE EFFECT OF SWISH MAX APPLICATION TOWARDS STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT MADRASAH ALIYAH NEGERI (MAN) 1 WATANSOPPENG

Abstract

This research aims to determine how is the effect of using media results from an application called Swish Max on eleventh grade students at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 1 Watansoppeng in 2020/2021 academic year. This study focuses on the pre-experimental method of one group in one class pre-test and post-test. The population of this study is the eleventh grade MIA. Purposive sampling technique was used to take one class as the research sample, amounting 25 students. This research conducted at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) 1 Watansoppeng, Jl.Kayangan of Lalabata district,Soppeng regency. After conducting this research, it can be concluded that in this increasingly modern era, students will be more interested in sophisticated learning that can generate sufficient enthusiasm for them with a video display of the results of the Swish Max application. There is a significant increase in students' abilities such as the treatment results from pre-test to post-test. This means, the effect of the Swish Max application can increase the students’ speaking ability in learning English in the eleventh grade at MAN 1 Watansoppeng