BOOSTING EFL LEARNER’S PRONUNCIATION ABILITY BY UTILIZING AI SPEECH RECOGNITION OF CAKE ANDROID-BASED APPLICATION OF SMA NEGERI 9 WAJO

ABSTRACT
MUTIAH NUR ADZRA. 2021. Boosting EFL Learner’s Pronunciation
Ability by Utilizing AI Speech Recognition of Cake Android-Based Application
(Supervised by Amaluddin and Siti Hajar Larekeng).
The students of SMA Negeri 9 Wajo found a lot of difficulties in
pronouncing English words and sentences such as in form of vowels (pure vowel
and diphthong) and consonants. Thus, to help students overcome their problems
and elevate their English pronunciation correctly, this research was aimed to
improve empirically EFL learner’s pronunciation ability by utilizing AI Speech
Recognition of Cake Android-based application.
A pre-experimental method took all students of XI IPS 1 of SMA Negeri
9 Wajo academic year 2021/2022 by involving 20 students using random
sampling technique. The data were collected through pronunciation test and
questionnaire.
The result of the data found in pronunciation test was analysed by using
Phyton programming language. Meanwhile, the result of questionnaire was
analysed by using Likert’s scale. The results of the research showed that the
students’ pronunciation ability after giving treatment was significantly improved.
It was proved by the data of the students’ mean score post-test was higher than in
pre-test (88.93 > 72.75). It indicates that the use of Cake Android-based
application elevate students pronunciation ability. The test of hypothesis showed
that the significant value was higher than p-value (0.05 > 0.00) which means that
the alternative hypothesis was accepted. Moreover, the students stated positive
perceptions toward Cake Android-based application. It implicated that students
feeling very helpful by involving the application in learning English
pronunciation.