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IMPROVING THE PRONUNCIATION INTELLIGIBILITY OF THE XI GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 8 YOGYAKARTA BY UTILIZING AUDIO BOOKS
This study was aimed at improving the pronunciation intelligibility of the XI grade students of SMA Negeri 8 Yogyakarta by utilizing audio books. The key problems of pronunciation teaching and learning are, 1) the fact that the subjects rely too much on the segmental pronunciation and therefore they do not pay attention on the suprasegmental pronunciation, 2) that the subjects‟ pronunciation is highly affected by their mother tongue and Indonesian language, and 3) that the time allocation for focused pronunciation teaching is considered unnecessary. In regard to these problems, attempts had been made through an action research by utilizing audio books and other audio book-like teaching media through a technique which integrated listening-while reading, choral reading aloud, and choral repetition in order to at least introduce to the subjects about the suprasegmental features of English pronunciation and that the community in the institution could realize the importance of pronunciation teaching. The research steps included initial data collection, planning and observation, and reflection. This model was based on Burn‟s (2010) action research model. The subjects were 35 grade XI students of the Social Science Program of SMA Negeri 8 Yogyakarta. In order to come up with more informed conclusion, both qualitative and quantitative data analyses were used. The data collected through interviews and observation were analyzed to obtain qualitative description; and, a pre-test and a post-test were administered by analyzing the subjects‟ pre-recorded mechanical spoken English production, to obtain the quantitative description. The result of the qualitative data analysis shows that the subjects‟ pronunciation intelligibility has improved a little. However, the quantitative data analysis indicates that the subjects‟ pronunciation intelligibility was not yet significantly improved. The most possible factor of these results was due to the fact that the amount of time allocated for the researcher to conduct the action research was not ideal.
Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
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