An Analysis Of Duolingo English Test Score For Information Technology Students Of Timor University

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This research was aimed to analyze the score of the students on practicing Duolingo English Test which conducted at Timor University especially the students majoring Information Technology. The research applied the qualitative research design where the instrument used was Duolingo English Test. The data were analyzed by using descriptive method. This technique was called descriptive qualitative. The data is analyzed from students score. Furthermore, the level of the student’s score were classified into four levels. The population of the study is the third semester students of Information Technology which consists of three classes and the sampling is clustering sampling which the students of class C with 35 students. Based on the results of the study, the result showed that there were 5 students had score 100-125 with upper intermediate level; there were 27 students had score of 60-95 with intermediate level, and there were 3 students had score of 10-55 with basic level. In conclusion, the results of this study stated that the ability of the Informatics Technology students is intermediate level which scored 60-95 with the average score 82. It is crucial for the students to improve their skill better than before learning English