The Effectiveness of the Duolingo Application in Learning English Vocabulary for High School Students

The use of learning media is one of the important things in the era of increasingly rapid technological development. It makes learning interesting and effective. An effective English language and teaching media in this new era is Duolingo.  It provides methods of learning while playing games, which...

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Main Authors: Dumaris E Silalahi, Igna Mariana Purba, Eka Uchi Monica Sirait, Anita Panjaitan, Alex Zamorano
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Published: Universitas HKBP Nommensen 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://jurnal.uhn.ac.id/index.php/jetal/article/view/1833
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Igna Mariana Purba
Eka Uchi Monica Sirait
Anita Panjaitan
Alex Zamorano
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description The use of learning media is one of the important things in the era of increasingly rapid technological development. It makes learning interesting and effective. An effective English language and teaching media in this new era is Duolingo.  It provides methods of learning while playing games, which certainly attracts the attention of language learners. The effective use of Duolingo application is described based on the result of pretest and posttest comparison. The research method is quantitative based on the participants’ scores. The test is vocabulary test which addressed into the students of class XII SMA N 1 PERUMNAS BATU 6 as the participants.  Data analysis indicate that Duolingo application is an effective English language and teaching media. The average score in pretes is 64. 53 and it becomes 91.13. This research concluded that Dulingo help the participants to improve English vocabulary knowledge.
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spelling doaj-art-946423e259f249a5bea03fd68ec39e862025-08-20T03:09:57ZengUniversitas HKBP NommensenJournal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics2714-98112025-05-016210511010.36655/jetal.v6i2.18331833The Effectiveness of the Duolingo Application in Learning English Vocabulary for High School StudentsDumaris E Silalahi0Igna Mariana Purba1Eka Uchi Monica Sirait2Anita Panjaitan3Alex Zamorano4Universitas HKBP Nommensen PematangsiantarUniversitas HKBP Nommensen PematangsiantarUniversitas HKBP Nommensen PematangsiantarUniversitas HKBP Nommensen PematangsiantarUniversity of UC Leuven-LimburgThe use of learning media is one of the important things in the era of increasingly rapid technological development. It makes learning interesting and effective. An effective English language and teaching media in this new era is Duolingo.  It provides methods of learning while playing games, which certainly attracts the attention of language learners. The effective use of Duolingo application is described based on the result of pretest and posttest comparison. The research method is quantitative based on the participants’ scores. The test is vocabulary test which addressed into the students of class XII SMA N 1 PERUMNAS BATU 6 as the participants.  Data analysis indicate that Duolingo application is an effective English language and teaching media. The average score in pretes is 64. 53 and it becomes 91.13. This research concluded that Dulingo help the participants to improve English vocabulary knowledge.https://jurnal.uhn.ac.id/index.php/jetal/article/view/1833effectivenessduolingovocabulary
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Eka Uchi Monica Sirait
Anita Panjaitan
Alex Zamorano
The Effectiveness of the Duolingo Application in Learning English Vocabulary for High School Students
Journal of English Teaching and Applied Linguistics
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title The Effectiveness of the Duolingo Application in Learning English Vocabulary for High School Students
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