@thesis{thesis, author={Yuliani Winda}, title ={THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TONGUE TWISTER TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION: A CASE STUDY OF SMKN 9 SEMARANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021}, year={2020}, url={http://eprints3.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/7853/}, abstract={Yuliani, Winda. 2020. The effectiveness of using Tongue Twister to Students? Pronunciation: A case of SMKN 9 Semarang in academic year 2020/2021 . Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1: Th.Cicik Sophia B., S.S, M.Pd. Advisor 2: Ririn Ambarini, S.Pd., M.Hum. Keyword: Pronunciation, Accuracy, Fluency, Tongue Twister Technique Tongue twister is a sentence or phrase which is confusing and difficult to say, particularly when repeating in many times and quickly. This problem is so common for students since they rarely speak English in their daily life. Actually, in case of speaking, students have had ideas in their mind, on the other hand they get many difficulties for expressing it. In this study, the writer used the Tongue Twister in Pronunciation. The purpose of this study is 1. To analyze extent students? ability in pronunciation before being taught by using tongue twister. 2. To analyze extent students? ability in pronunciation after being taught by using tongue twister. 3. To identify significant difference between students? pronunciation before and after being taught by using tongue twister. The design of this study is Pre- experimental. The population of class X BDP students in SMKN 9 Semarang 2020/2021. The author takes one experimental class. The research instrument is a test. There are two types of tests given, namely pre-test and post- test. After collecting data, there are significant differences between students? ability in pronunciation before being taught by using tongue twister and students? ability in pronunciation after being taught by using tongue twister. The results of the study are that there is significance difference between students' pronunciation ability who are taught before using tongue twister and after taught using tongue twister. It is proven by the calculation of the t-test which is t-value is higher than t-table, 10,85 > 1,69. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (H?) is accepted and the students who were taught after using tongue twister has better score than who were taught before using tongue twister.} }