IMPROVING STUDENTS"™ PRONUNCIATION BY USING TONGUE TWISTER TECHNIQUE

Abstract

Abstract

The research aimed to know how tongue twister can improve students"™ pronunciation skill at the 7th grade students in Class 7B of SMPN 19 Pontianak in academic year 2017/2018. The research conducted through Classroom Action Research in three cycles. The subjects of this research were the 34 students in class 7B. The problems that students faced werethe students"™ lack of confidence and the students"™lack of ability to pronounce English words appropriately. The researcher used observation checklists, field notes, and a pronunciation test as tools to collect the data. The result showed that tongue twistertechnique could improve students"™ pronunciation. Moreover, tongue twister sentences could improve the ability to use correct word stress, the ability in using correct intonation, and improve students"™ ability to decrease the pauses and hesitation to pronounce the English word. The result indicate the students"™ pronunciation improve of each cycle by using tongue twister technique. In the first cycle, the students"™ mean score was 67%, 77,5%in the second cycle, and 89% in the third cycle. Therefore, the tongue twister technique improved students"™ pronunciation skill.

Keywords:Tongue Twister, Word Stress, Intonation, Pronunciation.