https://ejournal.unib.ac.id/jwacana <p>It is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal on Indonesian language and literary studies worldwide. The journal is managed by the Department of Languages and Arts, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Bengkulu, Indonesia. Editors welcome scholars, researchers and practitioners of Indonesian language and literature worldwide to submit scholarly articles to be published through this journal. All articles will be reviewed by experts before being accepted for publication. Each author is solely responsible for the content of published articles. This journal encompasses original research articles, review articles, and short communications, including but not limited to <em><strong>Indonesian language and linguistics, foreign languages, language teaching, language education, Indonesian literature, teaching literature, and Indonesian cultures</strong></em>.</p> en-US <p>Authors who publish in this journal agree with the following terms:</p> <ol type="a"> <li>Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Creative Commons Attribution License</a> that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See <a href="http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html" target="_new">The Effect of Open Access</a>).</li> <li>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.</li> </ol> bustanuddinlubis@unib.ac.id (Dr. Bustanuddin Lubis) azharlubis@unib.ac.id (Azhar Aziz Lubis) Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:06:39 +0000 OJS 3.3.0.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://ejournal.unib.ac.id/jwacana/article/view/34778 <p>The majority of Indonesian adolescent are familiar with digital platform either in academic setting or in social context. This research aims to describe the effect of digital learning platform on adolescents’ speaking ability. The research method used was quasi experimental design with data collection techniques using observation and tests. The population was the teenagers consists of 50 people in English Student Association Club and was taken by using purposive sampling techniques. Data collection was carried out through pre-test and post-test. Calculating the data using the t test concluded that Ha was accepted or approved and Ho was rejected. The results of data processing show that the highest frequency of participants in both the experimental and control groups was observed in the 55-64 interval while the experimental group exhibited a higher concentration of participants with scores in the upper-mid range (85-94 interval). In contrast, the control group showed a more even distribution across the intervals, with fewer participants scoring in the highest range (95-100 interval). This result indicates digital learning platform &nbsp;has a potential positive effect on adolescents’ speaking ability.</p> Heriani Gulo, Oktario Kurniawan Zai, Fatin Nadifa Tarigan Copyright (c) 2024 Heriani Gulo, Oktario Kurniawan Zai, Fatin Nadifa Tarigan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://ejournal.unib.ac.id/jwacana/article/view/34778 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000