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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter consists of two parts. The first part is the conclusions of this study as the answer to the problems formulated in the first chapter. These are drawn from the analysis done in the previous chapter. The second part deals with the suggestions for future researchers who take the same studies.

A. Conclusions

Based on the analysis in chapter four, there are two conclusions that are drawn. The first conclusion is the description of the iconic Model of the Android application for the tenth grade of senior High School students. The application is named ETALK. There are five major features in this application: vocabulary, grammar, expression, conversation and project. The vocabulary feature contains two main activities: mini dictionary and vocabulary quiz. The mini dictionary contains lists of vocabulary which enables the students to listen to the model of pronunciation and to practice pronouncing the vocabulary. While the vocabulary quiz contains some pronunciation practice quiz for the students. The grammar feature consists of some grammatical rules related to the topics learned by the students. It is provided with the explanation of the grammatical rules learned and two kinds of exercises in the form of fill in the blanks and True False activities. The expression feature contains expression list and speak up. The expression list is provided with the the lists of expressions and how to pronounce PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 138 them. While the speak up activity contains some pronunciation practice quiz for the students. The conversation feature is provided with a conversation drill activity that enables the students to practice their speaking skill before they have a real conversation in a real situation. The last feature in the application is project. This is a feature which enables the students to create their own conversation video to be submitted to the teacher and uploaded on YouTube. The second conclusion is about how the application improves Senior High School Students‟ Speaking Skill. E-talk helps the students by poviding five main features that are based on some theories of speaking: vocabulary, grammar, expression, conversation and project. Those features were designed based on the students need to facilitate the students practice their speaking skill outside the classroom. The result shows that the application eases speaking practice by the mean score 1.5 out of 2. It is considered as an good and effective learning tool that can improve the students‟ vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency and comprehension through the features and activities provided in the applications. ETALK was developed as the supplementary learning media for the tenth grade of Senior High School students. This application was developed to help the students practice their speaking skill inside and outside the classroom which focused on pronunciation and conversation drill. It was designed based on the students‟ learning objectives stated in the syllabus. In addition, it was also designed to help the students to improve the students‟ vocabulary and grammatical skill. The application was developed using the combined model of R and D and ADDIE model. It was designed based on the principles of mobile 139 learning proposed by Elias 2011. Meanwhile, the features were developed based on the theory of speaking aspects proposed by Harmer 2001, Goh and Burns 2012 and Louma 2007.

B. Suggestions