Main field testing Process of Developing the Iconic Model
now I understand how to pronounce them. Appendix8IT015Q4
From the above statement, the application was useful as a learning media to learn speaking since the activities in the application contain several activities
which support the students’ speaking skill. EEL provides pronunciation practice and listening exercises that can help the students how to pronounce the words in
the dialog correctly. It is also supported by the result of open-ended questionnaire below.
EEL can help us to improve our speaking skill, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
Appendix7OEQ4Q1
The result shows that EEL does not only help students to learn pronunciation but also to learn vocabulary and to improve speaking skill.
Moreover, this application also could help the students to enrich their vocabulary mastery. It was also proved by the following Interview Transcript.
My vocabulary mastery can be improved because it provides exercises to practice our skill.
Appendix8IT015Q5
The result above shows that EEL provides several activities to enrich the students’ vocabulary mastery. It is also supported by the result of open-ended
questionnaire below. It can help us to learn speaking, enrich our vocabulary......
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The other student also stated that this application could enrich the vocabulary mastery. It was proved by the following result of open-ended
questionnaire. This application can help us to learn speaking, listening, grammar,
and vocabulary. Appendix7OEQ4Q1
The previous statements showed that this application was useful to help the students to learn speaking skill for example in improving their pronunciation
and vocabulary mastery. It was in line with the macro and micro skills of speaking skill.
The second part is about the types of speaking activity proposed by Brown 2001. He suggests that there are two types of speaking activity, i.e.
imitative and responsive. Imitative is focusing on some particular element of language form rather than for the purpose of meaningful interaction. While
responsive is focusing on the students’ short replies to initiate questions or comment. The result of the questionnaire showed in high criteria. The students are
able to imitate words, phrases, or sentence. Students would get opportunity to listen and repeat orally to the certain language expressions. Then, the students are
able to give short replies to initiate questions or comment. In this aspect, the students will respond based on the situation given. Generally, the aspects of the
speaking skills were suitable to the students. The next part is about the material appropriateness. As stated previously,
the researcher designed the materials in the application according to the school- based curriculum. The researcher analyzed the syllabus and then determined the
topics to create the content of the application. The students agreed that the materials used in the application are appropriate to the syllabus of the semester for
the XI students. It was stated by the mean score of 1.05, which was considered as high. Thus, it can be inferred that the content of the materials in the application
were supported to help the students in learning speaking. Related to the parts of EEL application, the application was in line with
the principles of assisted mobile language learning, proposed by Stockwell Hubbard 2013. Generally, all of the statements in this part are in high criteria. It
means that most students agreed that the exercises in the Easy English application could help the students to learn speaking. In line with the result, mobile activities,
tasks, and applications connected with the principle of second language learning. They agreed that the application could be used to learn and improve their speaking
skills. The product was also easy to operate, simple and helpful to learn English especially speaking skill. Furthermore, the students also agreed that the division
of the activities in the application Let’s start, Let’s practice, and Let’s have fun
could facilitate the students to learn speaking easily. The following Interview Transcript also supports it.
R : The application is divided into three section, i.e.
let’s start, let’s practice and let’s have fun. What do you think about
it? S7
: I think three of them have helped the students to learn speaking. In the beginning, the students can be guided what
topics should be learnt. The second part is about activities and exercises, which
supported the students’ speaking skill. And the last part is just for having fun, I think it’s
interesting. Appendix8IT014Q3
Since the product could be applied by using mobile devices, i.e. hand phones or tablets, the students also agreed that the application could be used as
their didactic learning. By using the application, the students were able to learn speaking by themselves. The activities in the application accommodated the
students’ learning styles. The product was in accordance with the principles of mobile learning.
The students stated that EEL was useful to help them practice speaking. It shows that the result of the questionnaire was in high-very high criteria. It means that
EEL is good and useful to be used as one of supporting media to learn speaking for the eleventh grade students. Most students state that EEL is simple, practical,
and interesting to help students to learn speaking. They also mentioned about some strength of the application. It is very simple, easy to operate, practical, and
also interesting. It is also in line with the result of open-ended questionnaires and interview.
It is practical and portable... Appendix7OEQ4Q1
The open-ended questionnaire result above shows that the student agreed that the application is practical and portable. It was in accordance with the
principle of m-learning, i.e. equitable use and simple and intuitive Elias, 2011. Since it was portable, the application can be used as a supporting media to learn
speaking either in the classroom or outside the class. It means that they can learn speaking by themselves. The following statement also supports it.
It can help us to learn speaking not only in the classroom but also outside the class.
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Based on the above statement, one strength of EEL is its flexibility because it can be accessed through mobile devices, such as smartphones and
tablets. Thus, the students can learn by using EEL anywhere and anytime. The following statement also supports it.
It can be accessed easily and portable. It is interesting. Appendix7OEQ4Q2
By its flexibility, the students had to manage their own learning pace as well as the opportunity to learn by using EEL by themselves. Moreover, the
students agreed that the layout design of the application was more attractive now. The researcher had made some revision towards the layout design in order to
attract the students’ attention to be more motivated to learn speaking by using EEL. The following Interview Transcript supports it.
I previously said that the layout design was not attractive. But now the layout is good and colorful.
Appendix8IT015Q2
After revising the layout design, it found out that the students were really interested with the application. Besides its flexibility, the layout is the main
feature of the application. The students said that the layout was now interesting and colorful. It is also supported by the result of open-ended questionnaire.
The layout design is attractive, easy, practical, and fast. Appendix7OEQ4Q2
Nevertheless, there was also unsatisfying result about the application. The students pointed out that some audios were not clear enough. It was stated by
the following Interview Transcript. ...but in some lessons, there are some audios, which is not clear
enough. Appendix8IT017Q5
From the above statement, the researcher should do some revision to the audios, which are not clear. It might bother the users when they ran the
application. Therefore, the researcher would revise the problems in order to make the application be better.