. CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter presents the conclusions and suggestions of this research. In the first part, the researcher concludes the results of this study based on the previous
chapter. The second part, the researcher discusses the suggestions for the research product and further researches.
A. Conclusion
In this part, the researcher makes conclusions of the study. The conclusions are discussed based on the results in the previous chapter. An android application,
called “Speak App” Speaking Application for Midwifery Students, is developed to assist the midwifery students of ‘Aisyiyah Health Sciences College of Yogyakarta to
learn and improve their speaking competence. The answer of the question of this study is drawn up here. The question is
about the iconic model of the Android application to learn speaking for the first semester midwifery students. The application was developed using Instructional
Design Model or known as ADDIE. The application consists of five topics namely Hi, I’m midwife Angela, I Wake
Up at 6 am, Responsibilities of a Midwife, Where is the nurse station?, and You Should Take a Break. These topics represent materials that the students will learn in
the topics such as greetings and introductions, daily routines, expressions of giving
directions, and expressions of giving suggestions. Every topic consists of five activities; activity 1 is about listening activity, activity 2 is about building vocabulary,
activity 3 is about learning language functionsexpressions, activity 4 is about discourse, and activity 5 is about making dialogue or monologue video project.
The design of this application is designed based on the principles of Mobile learning proposed by Elias 2011. There are seven principles of m-learning which
are integrated in this application, namely: 1 equitable use, 2 flexible use, 3 simple and intuitive, 4 perceptible information, 5 tolerance of error, 6 low
physical and technical effort and 7 community of learners and support. Meanwhile, the activities in the application was design according to the combination concepts of
teaching speaking by Nunan 2003 and teaching speaking cycles by Burns 2011. With its activities and design, the participants’ opinions about the product are
generally good.
B. Suggestions
