The Effect of Duolingo on English as Foreign Language University Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Liya Astarilla D. W.

2019

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of Duolingo on EFL university students’ vocabulary mastery. The method used in this study was experimental which included experimental group and control group design with pre-test and post-test. The sample of this study was 60 students at third semester at Islamic State University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau in Pekanbaru – Riau, Indonesia. The 30 students were randomy and equally assigned as experimental group and another 30 students as the control group. The instrument of this research was multiple choice test used as pre-test and post-test to asses the students’ vocabulary ability in experimental and control group. In analyzing the data, the researcher used t-test. The finding of this research showed that in the significance degree of 0.05 the t-test was higher than t-table value (4.024>2.045). In other words, there was a significant improvement of the students’ score after using Duolingo in learning vocabulary. Moreover, the average score of the post-test in the experimental group that used Duolingo was higher than control group that only used conventional method learning vocabulary. In conclusion, Duolingo application was effective to increase the students’ vocabulary mastery.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

D. W. L. (2019). The Effect of Duolingo on English as Foreign Language University Students’ Vocabulary Mastery.In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH, ISBN 978-989-758-464-0, pages 209-215. DOI: 10.5220/0009104502090215

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoseeh19,
author={Liya Astarilla D. W.},
title={The Effect of Duolingo on English as Foreign Language University Students’ Vocabulary Mastery},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH,},
year={2019},
pages={209-215},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009104502090215},
isbn={978-989-758-464-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity - Volume 1: ICoSEEH,
TI - The Effect of Duolingo on English as Foreign Language University Students’ Vocabulary Mastery
SN - 978-989-758-464-0
AU - D. W. L.
PY - 2019
SP - 209
EP - 215
DO - 10.5220/0009104502090215