The Influence of Using “Hello Talk” Smartphone Application on Android Platform in Improving Students’ Learning Outcomes in Listening Class

International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE) Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2024, pp. 110-120 ISSN 2686-0120 (print), 2686-5106 (online) 110 http://journal.univetbantara.ac.id/index.php/ijelle/index The Influence of Using “Hello Talk” Smartphone Application on Android Platform in Improving Studens’ Learning Outcomes in Listening Class Meilina Haris Mayekti a,1,*, Ade Chrystanty Yudha Bestary b,2 a,b English Language Teaching Department, Nahdlatul Ulama University of Purwokerto *; 2 * Corresponding Author 1 Received 17 July 2024; accepted 24 December 2024; published 31 December 2024 ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the influence of using the Hello Talk application based on the Android smartphone platform on improving the learning outcomes of English Education students at UNU Purwokerto in the listening class. The researcher used an experimnetal research design, where this method was applied to two groups: experimental group and control group. The population in this study consisted of 24 students, and all of them are used as samples. There were twelve students in the control group and twelve students also in the experimental group. The technique of data collection used test namely pre-test and post-test. The result of asessment showed that the mean of score in pre test was 73.75 and the mean of score in post test 82,83, it was 12,3%. It means that there was significance improvement in the experimnetal group. In the control group, it showed that the mean of score in pre test was 69.42 and the mean of score in post test 82,83. It was 9,23%. It means that there was significance improvement in the experimnetal group.. The result of t-test formula was 0.1 and the t-table is 0.05. It meens t-test value was higher than ttable. Overall, Hello Talk application can give good influence for learning listening. KEYWORDS English Learning Hello Talk Listening This is an openaccess article under the CC–BY-SA license 1. Introduction Listening class ia a compulsory subject in the English Education Program at University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto (UNU Purwokerto). The listening skill of students in the English Language Program at UNU Purwokerto are low. Listening learning there is still carried out in a centralized manner, meaning that lecturers still use conventional methods where students are less actively involved in learning. Students have low motivation because they consider the listening class to be boring. Learning in the listening class only provides with the opportunity to listen and do exercises. Students are less actively involved in learning. They aonly engage in listening learning during lectures, so their time spent on listening learning is limited and not intensive. Nowadays, everyone including students can express everything through social media and digital platforms as they wish, especially for the younger generation known as Generation Z or Zoomers. (Nasional et al. 2006) explains that web-based learning is a learning process that utilizes website media accessible through the internet network. One of them is mobile learning media, such as the hello talk application. This media uses an android smartphone to assist in the learning process, allowing students to focus more and be motivated to learn because it uses media that can capture students' attention. Hello talk is an application for learning foreign languages, such as English, Mandarin, Japanese, and others. Hello talk is the result of international collaboration based in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. The mission of hello talk is to utilize technology to connect the world through language and culture with more than 7 million members. doi :10.32585/ijelle.v6i2.5553 111 International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE) ISSN 2686-0120 (print), 2686-5106 (online) Vol. 6., No. 2, December 2024, pp. 110-120 Utilizing the internet in listening learning becomes one of the learning models suspected to foster independence in learning listening. Various applications are available to be optimally utilized in listening learning. Hello talk can be used as an alternative learning media in the listening course of the English Language Education program at UNU Purwokerto. The limited availability of free media, accessible anytime and anywhere, becomes an obstacle that needs to be addressed. Low motivation and self-confidence in listening learning are also experienced by students in the English Language Education program at UNU Purwokerto. However, motivation and self-confidence are considered crucial internal factors in the teaching and learning process according to (Phillips and Lindsay 2006). Listening learning in the English Language Education program at UNU Purwokerto is still not optimal. Students' habits also become one of the barriers to improving listening course learning outcomes and their lack of listening ability. One such habit is using the Indonesian language and rarely practicing listening to English vocabulary. From this habit, students have difficulty understanding when dialoguing in English because they do not understand what their interlocutors are saying. This is also evidenced by the grades obtained in the listening course still being below 60. Lecturers also provide motivation during conventional listening learning. The research takes the students of the English Language Education program at UNU Purwokerto in Interpersonal Listening classes as the research object. This study will focus on the influence of using the hello talk application based on the Android smartphone on improving students' learning outcomes in the listening course. Students will be taught listening using the hello talk application. Data will be collected from experiments to determine whether students' listening learning outcomes are influenced by using the hello talk application. This research aims to determine the influence of the hello talk application based on Android smartphones on improving students' learning outcomes in the listening course. This research is conducted as the initial step in the development process of the "Lets Practice" application for learning English. Students in this era prefer to spend their time playing with various applications on their devices. Therefore, this application is expected to assist in English language learning for all skills in English. Listening is one of the essential skills in English language proficiency. According to (Febtriningsih 2019), listening is a fundamental component in language learning and teaching. Students must possess good listening skills. When students study English, they should also have good listening skills so that what they receive and learn can be easily understood. Listening ability is also a crucial component in language learning and teaching. (Nur Ekawati 2017) states that listening encompasses short dialogues, long dialogues, and monologue texts in everyday life. Higher education listening (...truncated)