%A 1713042016 Sabilla Devita Safitri
%T THE USE OF HELLOTALK APPLICATIONS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS?
WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST GRADE OF
SMA MA?ARIF NU 5 PURBOLINGGO
%X The purpose of this study is to determine whether students' writing skills in
descriptive text improved by using Hellotalk Application and to determine which
aspect that improve the most. The population of this research was the first grade
students of SMA Ma'arif NU 5 Purbolinggo. The sample of this research was class
x ipa 2 which consisted of 25 students. This research was quantitative study by using
pre-experimental design one group pre-test and pot-test. The writing test was used
as the instrument for pre-test and post-test. The data were taken from the test and
they were analyzed by using Paired Sample T-Test. The result of this research
showed there is a significant improvement of students? writing skills of descriptive
text after the implementation of hellotalk application since the value of significant
level was 0.00 that lower than 0.05. In other words, all aspect of writing improved
regarding the result, but grammar was improved the most. The gain score for this
aspect was 0.72, and the mean increased from 2.52 (pretest) to 3.24 (posttest).
Briefly, it could be concluded that Hellotalk Application enabled to improve the
students? writing achievment.
Keywords: Hellotalk Application, Writing skill, Descriptive Text, Mobile Learning
%C  UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG 
%D 2023
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%L eprints73951