Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 8, No 1 (2019)

Shadowing as a Technique to Practice English Pronunciation during Classroom Oral Activities in Senior High School

Sindy Tia Ulfa (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Sitti Fatimah (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Feb 2019

Abstract

This paper is aimed to explain how to use shadowing as a technique to practice English pronunciation during classroom oral activities in senior high school. As for the background of this paper teacher cannot find an appropriate technique in teaching pronunciation and lack motivation of the students so that pronunciation learning is not achieved. Before implementing shadowing technique to the students, the teacher explains shadowing technique and gives the example to the students. After that the teacher divides the students into 4 groups. One student of each group chooses the dialogue that the teacher has prepared and then they practice in their seat. Next, the teacher asks a pair from group A to do shadowing technique in front of the class without look at to the transcript and so on until all students do shadowing technique. Finally, the teacher assesses the students’ pronunciation and announces which group is the winner. In conclusion, shadowing technique can help the teachers to teach pronunciation to the students and for students, this technique can improve their pronunciation and motivation in learning English pronunciation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...