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Eka Ratna Dilla, 2319085, with the title "The Effect of Using Cake Application as Mobile-Assisted Language Learning on Students’ Speaking Skill at Ninth Grade of SMP Islam Al-Azhar 39 Bukittinggi". A Thesis English Education Study Program of State Islamic University Sjech Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi, 2024/2025. This research aimed to find out the effect of using cake learning application towards students’ speaking skill at ninth grade of SMP Islam Al-Azhar 39 Bukittinggi. The researcher found problems related to speaking. First, the students’ were lack of vocabulary. Second, the students often made grammatical errors while speaking. Third, the students had difficulty in pronouncing the words. Therefore, the reseacher was interested to use Cake application towards students’ speaking skill at ninth grade of SMP Islam Al-Azhar 39 Bukittinggi. This research is quasi-experimental by using pretest-posttest experimental and control group design. The population in this study were students of class IX SMP Al-Azhar 39 Bukittinggi which consisted of two classes, namely IX Shafa and IX Marwa. In this research, the researcher used total sampling as a sample technique. The instruments used in this research were speaking test to measure students’ speaking skill. The data in this research was analyzed using t-test. Based on the findings and analysis of data in the field, the results of reseach indicated that the students score in post-test was higher than the score of pre-test in experimental class. The mean score of pre-test was 43.26, while the mean score of post-test 79.13. It means that Cake application had an effect towards students’ s speaking skill. In addition, the calculation of the data independent sample t-test showed that the value of Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.000 0.005. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and there was significant effect of using Cake application towards students’s speaking skill. Furthermore, the calculation of the data in paired sample t-test showed that the value of Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.000 0.05 . It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and there was the difference between the students speaking taught by using Cake application and the students taught conventionally. In conclusion the using of Cake application had an effect towards students’ speaking.