THE EFFECT OF USING THE HEY JAPAN APP AND STUDENTS’ LEARNING STYLES ON THEIR MASTERY OF HIRAGANA CHARACTERS
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https://doi.org/10.21009/ishel.v2i1.69956Keywords:
hey japan application, learning style, hiragana, digital learning media, japanese languageAbstract
This study aims to determine the effect of the Hey Japan application and students’ learning styles (visual and auditory) on hiragana mastery. Students often struggle with hiragana due to the large number of characters, similar shapes, and complex writing rules. This quantitative correlational study involved 28 students of grade XI AKL at SMK Yayasan Tinta Emas Indonesia. Data were collected through a hiragana mastery test and a learning style questionnaire, then analysed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and simple and multiple linear regression. The results show that the Hey Japan application and learning styles simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on hiragana mastery (sig. 0.000021 < 0.05; R Square = 0.578). Partially, the application has a significant effect on both visual (sig. 0.020) and auditory (sig. 0.033) learning style groups. These findings suggest that Hey Japan supports hiragana learning through character recognition, pronunciation audio, and reading and writing exercises that accommodate both learning styles.
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