Jurnal Ilmiah Dikdaya
Vol 7, No 1 (2017): April

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION BY USING ENGLISH SONGS FOR FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM BATANGHARI UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

nurul fitri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Apr 2017

Abstract

This research is aimed at identifying the effect of using English songs in increasing students’ pronunciation in semester IV program in English Education program Batanghari University Academic Year 2015/2016. The population of this research is 28 students of fourth semester. The population of the research is devided into 14 students of experimental class and 14 students of control class. The experiment class is taught by using English songs technique while control class is taught by using repetition of words or practical technique. This research is experimantal research. The data are taken from pronunciation tests which are given in learning process. The result of the research shows that English songs technique can improve students’ pronunciation. It is concluded from the post-test that there is statistically difference of the mean between experimental class and control class. The mean score of experimental class is 91.78 and the mean score of control class is 84.64. it means that the mean score of experimental class is higher than control class. Post-test also indicates an improvement on students’ pronunciation after the students is taught by English songs technique. There is statistically difference on the result of t-test and t-table in which t-test is bigger than t-table, 2.29 > 2.00.

Copyrights © 2017






Journal Info

Abbrev

dikdaya

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

Jurnal Ilmiah Dikdaya ISSN 2088-5857 (Print) ISSN 2580-7463 (Online) adalah peer-review jurnal akses terbuka yang bertujuan untuk berbagi dan diskusi mengenai isu dan hasil penelitian yang lagi hangat pada saat ini. Jurnal Ilmiah Dikdaya diterbitkan oleh Fakultas Keguruan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP) ...