Students' Perception of Using the Cake Application for Speaking Skills

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how the students' perceptions of the CAKE application in learning speaking skills, and to describe the students’ difficulty in using the CAKE Application. The total population in this study was 46 students consisting of class 3A in the morning (26 students), 3B in the morning (14 students), and 3A in the afternoon (6 students). The samples taken in this study were only class 3A and 3B morning because there were too few students in class 3A afternoon. The technique used is cluster sampling technique. Researcher used Qualitative method to describe the results of the questionnaires and interviews used the theory of Milles and Huberman (1994). In collecting data, researcher used questionnaires and interviews which consisted of 17 questions from the questionnaire and 9 questions from the interview. Questionnaire data analysis researchers used the percentage results from Google Forms and interviews as supporting data from the questionnaire data, then described to explain the results of the data. The results of the study obtained positive perceptions from students regarding the use of the CAKE application. They use this application as an additional learning medium to practice their English, especially speaking. This application is one solution for students to improve their ability in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary pronunciation because the CAKE application has quite complete features. In addition, the CAKE application is easy for students/teachers to use.