The Students’ Perception about the Use of Duolingo Application in Improving English Skills at XI Grade Students SMKN 3 Baubau

Abstract

This research aims to analysis students’ perception about the use of Duolingo application in improving English skills at XI grade students of SMKN 3 Baubau. This research uses descriptive qualitative research type. This research qualitative type begins with investigating and understanding the meaning individuals or groups assume to be a social or a human problem. It is used to find out and know why and how a social phenomenon happens and also the participant of this research are students at XI Fashion 2 grade of SMKN 3 Baubau and also the number of research participants are thirty students with details of twenty-six women and four men. The findings indicate types of perception using Irwanto's theory (2002) that there are two types of perceptions, namely positive perceptions and negative perceptions. The results of the research are the positive interpretation arises based on individual satisfaction from observations of the knowledge and experience they have to accept and support the object they perceive. In contrast, negative perception is a person's negative assessment or interpretation of an object. The emergence of this negative interpretation is based on individual dissatisfaction, knowledge, and experience in observing the object.