IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PRONOUNCIATION MASTERY BY USING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CHART AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMPN 1 WUNDUL AKO

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of improving students' Pronounciation mastery in terms of English Pronunciation of Second Grade Students of SMPN 1 Wundulako. The research question in this study is “How can the Pronunciation Chart application improve students' pronunciation English?”.The subject of this research was class VIII B SMPN 1 Wundulako of preliminary research, planning, implementing, observing and reflecting.The 25 students were actively involved in teaching activities by using Pronunciation chart application  The design of this research is a classroom action research conducted with several stages, namely preliminary research, planning, action, observation, analysis, and reflection in each cycle. The purpose of this study was to improve students' pronounciation. The researcher used two types of instruments to collect data, included a Pronunciation test given at the fourth meeting of each cycle, and an observation sheet filled in during the teaching and learning process. This study yielded good results in terms of improving students' English pronunciation, as well as students' performance in class. The researcher conducted two cycles in this study. The first cycle was considered a failure as only 60% of subject were able to achieve the minimum score (75). While in the second cycle, the percentage of success increased to 80%. Therefore, the study was terminated as it was deemed successful. In the initial process, students' attitudes improved over time, which was reflected in the results of the observation sheet. This improvement could be proven through the results of the student observation sheet. In the first cycle, their average score was 29, which was in the good category, and increased to 36 in the last meeting of the second cycle.