THE EFFECT OF USING WATTPAD APPLICATION ON STUDENTS' ABILITY TO WRITE DRAMA SCRIPTS
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This research is motivated by the lack of interest of students in English language lessons, especially the material of writing drama scripts. The purpose of this study is to determine how much influence the use of the Wattpad application has on the ability to write drama scripts. This research was conducted at Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara of the 2024 academic year. This research is a quantitative research by applying the experimental method. The population in this study was 24 university students. The research method used is true experiment with post test only control design. The results of the study obtained using the t test are tcount> 0.05 (> 9.86). Thus, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence of the use of the Wattpad application on the ability to write drama scripts of university students.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3059/insis.v0i0.29370
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