ENHANCING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PERFORMANCE MASTERY BY USING SECRET DOOR WEBSITE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the constraints faced by students and to find out whether or not Secret Door is effective in enhancing students' speaking performance. In this study, a mix-method experiment was used with a quantitative and qualitative approach, which was accompanied by calculations using the N-gain of average. The population used in this study was the students of English Language Education class 06 at Universitas Negeri Makassar in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year. The selection of the population was carried out by purposive sampling. The researcher gave a Pre-test, Treatment and Post-test. From the results of data analysis and computation, it was found that Secret Door Website was effective in enhancing students' speaking abilities. This can be seen from the results 77,8 % pre-test of students in the "poor" category decreased to 13 % after treatment, while after the treatment, the post-test from 0% up to 36% scores of students were categorized as "good". This shows that the average post-test score of students after treatment is higher than the average score before being given treatment (pre-test). This shows that the use of the Secret Door Website can enhance speaking performance as ability according to its components, namely pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Using Secret Door Website causes effective and successful learning of speaking.

Keywords— The use of Secret Door, Gamification and Speaking Performance.