Indonesian Student Experience of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (Mall) on English Speaking Skill Through Application on Smartphone

Abstract

In Indonesia most students using their mobile phone to access social media, but we know that mobile phone not only used to access social media, but also, we can used mobile phone to access material related to improve students speaking skill in English, this research explores Indonesian students' experience of Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) to improve their speaking skills both inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, it's important to use mobile assistance to improve

their speaking skill. The purpose of this study is to explore the use of mobile- assisted to improve student speaking in English and find out how influential mobile- assisted as a medium is in supporting students' speaking skills. The research is

qualitative research from one participant from Senior High School. Narrative study explores personal experiences, highlights changes or comparison of perspective from past, present, and future. This research was conducted to find out how the participant use mobile phone to improve their speaking skills. In addition, data analysis performed thematic analysis, which was used to identify themes. The findings showed that it is possible for someone to use mobile assistance to practice he/she speaking skill and to improve his/her speaking skill. The using of mobile assisted language learning, it is indeed very helpful in improving the ability to speak in English, various materials that we can access and search easily via cellphones, for example material in the form of videos that we find a lot on YouTube. From the interview, the research question could be answered on how the participant's experience was practicing speaking skill.