JEPAL Journal of English Pedagogy and Applied Linguistics - The Effect of Using Duolingo Application towards Students’ Grammar Mastery in Simple Present Tense - Research Article

Aug 29, 2026

The research determines the effect of using the Duolingo application on students’ grammar mastery in the simple present tense at seventh grade level of MTS Miftahul Afkar during the 2021–2022 academic year. A quantitative quasiexperimental design was employed using pre-test and post-test to collect data. Two classes totaling 58 students were involved, and results were analyzed with a T-test. The experimental class showed higher post-test performance (73.9 vs 57.2), with the control class also improving (67.1 vs 57.2).

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Vol. 3, No. 2, Tahun 2023 JEPAL Journal of English Pedagogy and Applied Linguistics [https://journal.masoemuniversity.ac.id/jepal/index.php/englishpedagogy](https://journal.masoemuniversity.ac.id/jepal/index.php/englishpedagogy) Submitted: 9 September 2022 Accepted: 27 February 2023 Available Online: 28 February 2023 THE EFFECT OF USING DUOLINGO APPLICATION TOWARDS STUDENTS’GRAMMAR MASTERY IN SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE Ikah Fatmawati; Ade Sudirman; Tatu Munawaroh Universitas Mathla’ul Anwar Banten [Ikahfatmawati19@gmail.com](Ikahfatmawati19@gmail.com); [adesudirman03@gmail.com](adesudirman03@gmail.com); [tatumunawaroh92@gmail.com](tatumunawaroh92@gmail.com) Abstract: The purpose of this research to determine the effect of using Duolingo application towards students’ grammar mastery in simple present tense atthe seventh grade students of MTS Miftahul Afkar in academic year 2021-2022. This research used a quantitative approach, especially a quasiexperimental method with pre-test and post-test for collecting the data. Duolingo application used as learning media to improve students’ grammar mastery especially in simple present tense. In this research, the researcher used two classes with total population of 58 students. The result of this research was calculated using the T-test. The result in the experimental class showed that the average post-test score (73,9) was bigger than the pre-test score (57,2) while the result in the control class showed that the average post-test score (67,1) was bigger than the pre-test score (57,2). By using the ttest, the result showed that the value of Ttable (1,673) was bigger than Tcount ( - 20,112) with a significant level of 0,05 . This result indicated that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. This findings indicated that the Duolingo application has a significant effect towards students' grammar mastery atthe seventh grade students of MTS Miftahul Afkar in academic year 2021- 2022. Keywords: duolingo application, simple present tense, students’ grammar mastery. INTRTODUCTION Language is a tool of communication that used by every human being. The most language used by humans to communicate is English because it is an international language. In the field of education, English has four skills including listening skill, speaking skill, reading skill and writing skill, of the four skills the researchers chose writing skills to improve students' grammar skills. In the field of education, English has four skills including listening skill, speaking skill, reading skill and writing skill, of the four skills the researchers chose writing skills to improve students' grammar skills, because writing skill is very difficult skill to understand, students are expected to be able to master writing skill. To improve writing skills, students should be improving their grammar skill because grammar is the main component in every writing. In every school in Indonesia, started from elementary school until university. English is a lesson that should be mastered by every student, because English are in every learning curriculum. At school students have problems that make it difficult to learn English, students felt difficult to English grammar mastery. The fact at the school where the researcher visited that there were problems the students and teachers were overcoming. Based on the results of interviews with English teacher at MTS Miftahul Afkar, the students were less interested in learning English grammar due to the lack of exposure to learning grammar using media. Duolingo application is believed to provide a solution for students' problems in learning grammar. It is an application such as a game application that presents the best features so that students was interested in learning grammar. Duolingo effectiveness in learning grammar has been proven in previous studies. The first research was conducted by Rachmah (2018) who found that Duolingo is helpful in enhancing students' grammar mas

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What is the purpose of the study about Duolingo?

The study aims to determine the effect of using the Duolingo application on students’ grammar mastery in simple present tense for seventh grade students of MTS Miftahul Afkar.

How was the research conducted?

The research used a quantitative quasiexperimental method with pre-test and post-test, involving two classes totaling 58 students.

What do the results show about students’ grammar mastery?

The experimental class had a higher average post-test score (73.9) than the pre-test score (57.2), and the control class also improved (67.1 vs 57.2), with T-test results indicating Ho was rejected and Ha accepted.

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