STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF DUOLINGO IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN STATE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 KAJEN

Sabrawi. 2024. ―Students‘ Perception on the Use of Duolingo in Learning
English as a Foreign Language in State Senior High School 1 Kajen ―Thesis.
Advisors (1) Dr. Senowarsito, M.Pd, Advisor (2) Dr. Arso Setyaji,S.Pd.,
M.Hum.
Duolingo's role as a learning medium which is carried out in one meeting have
attracted students' attention to develop understanding of English language skills
and is able to provide high motivation for learning English so that learning
becomes easy and fun. The aims of this research were (1) to identify the
students‘ obstacles in using Duolingo in learning English as a foreign language,
(2) to explore the students‘ perception on the use of Duolingo in learning
English as a foreign language, (3) to know the students‘ reasons on the use of
Duolingo in learning English as a foreign language. This research used mix
method, quantitative and qualitative. The mix method was to measure students‘
obstacles in learning English, and qualitative was to identify students‘ perception
and students‘ reason for the use of Duolingo in learning English as a foreign
language. This research was conducted for the tenth-grade students at SMA
Negeri 1 Kajen. The results show that students' obstacles in using Duolingo in
learning English is unstable internet networks during class which is different
signal of internet. When they encounter problems, these problems can be
overcome by continuing the challenge at home. Substantially, there are no
obstacles, Duolingo can develop students‘ English language skills. They enjoy
using Duolingo both at school and at home. Apart from that, the author also
tested their English language skills before and after using Duolingo through
pretest and posttest, the result was that they experienced progress in improving
their English skills. Students also saw that Duolingo was easy to use and
understand the rules of use, they also think that Duolingo is a fun application
because it is learning while playing and according to students, Duolingo is very
challenging for listening, speaking, writing and reading skills. The reasons
students use Duolingo are because they think that Duolingo is like playing a
game so they feel they are not learning English but are completing a challenging
game, only requires a stable internet network, teaches four English skills, the
learning design in Duolingo adapts to abilities users, there are also interesting
images that match the context asked.
Keywords: Students’ perception, Duolingo, Learning English