Improving Speaking Skills with Self-assessment Through an Audio Diary

Abstract

People communicate orally, to tell their friends, family or classmates their anecdotes, feelings, experiences, and routines. Moreover, people talk to themselves or talk to others to remember facts or use it for learning something a minor group of people opt for other systems to communicate such as writing or photography. There are many resources that adolescents, who are learning a second language, can use to portray their lives. One of the resources is technology; according to Ahmadi (2018), technology can motivate students to learn a second language. When a student is learning a foreign language, they usually display some difficulties with their speaking skills. They usually cannot have a fluent conversation; they tend to mix their first language (L1) with the second language (L2), or in some cases, students do not organize their ideas either due to the lack of vocabulary or poor grammatical structure. For those learners, it is almost impossible to produce satisfactorily in L2 (Jaya et al., 2022). Technology can help learners to develop activities that allow them to improve their speaking skills. They use devices such as mobile phones to communicate, investigate, do homework, and take pictures. Besides, they can use those devices to record their voices in English to improve pronunciation and fluency. Idayani and Sailun (2017), Sosas (2021), and Nguyen (2022) agreed that technology aids in language learning; it promotes speaking ability, motivation and creativity in students.