Abstract :
This research aims to find out the effectiveness and significance
different of using Edmodo in Teaching Argumentative Text At the Fourth
Semester students? Muhammadiyah University of Metro. Edmodo is an
applied social media site alternative for lecturers, students, and campus
districts. Edmodo is simple, it is a friendly user interface. This research
used experimental research. Argumentation is a type of essay that tries
to influence others by presenting evidence that proves the argument is
stated logically and factually. The subjects of this research are the
students at the Fourth Semester English Department Muhammadiyah
University of Metro in Academic Year 2020/2021. There are 20 students
in the control group and 20 students in the experimental group. The
research instrument used to collect the data in this research is Test.
From the two classes, the experimental and control group, the
measurement shows that the increasing line of Reading skills in the
experimental group is higher than the control group. The result of data
analysis indicates that the value of t obtained (11.076) was higher than
that of t table (2.09) at the significance level 0.05 and the significance
(0.000) was lower than 0.05. It is proved by the result of data analysis
indicating that the value of t obtained (2.702) was higher than that of t
table (2.02) at the significance level 0.05 and the significance (0.000)
was lower than 0.05. It can be concluded that there are effective and
significant differences in using Edmodo Application at Fourth Semester
the English Department Muhammadiyah University of Metro.