IMPROVING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION COMPETENCE THROUGH
IMITATION TECHNIQUE IN MMMENGLISH.COM WEBSITE: A CASE
OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP N 1 PRINGAPUS
Total View This Week0
Total View This Week0
Institusion
Universitas PGRI Semarang
Author
Tugiyatun, Menuk
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2024-03-15 03:04:55
Abstract :
ABSTRACT Tugiyatun, Menuk. 2022. Improving English Pronunciation Competence using Imitation Technique in mmmenglish.com Website. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Sukma N.A., S.S., M.Pd. Advisor II: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Pd., Keywords: pronunciation competence; imitation technique; mmmenglish.com website The aims of this research are to investigate the effectiveness of the implementation the imitation technique in mmmenglish.com website to improve students? pronunciation, and to find out students? perception in using the media. This research employed pre-experimental research design with the instruments, namely pre-test & post-test, questionnaire perception, and interview. The subject of this research was the eighth grade which consists of 15 students of SMP N 1 Pringapus, Semarang Regency. The results can be concluding from pre-test and post-test score categories. The pre-test score indicated that there were 3 (20%) students in excellent category, 1 (7%) student in the category good, 2 (13%) students in the category fair, 6 (40%) students in the category poor, and 3 (20%) students in the category bad. The post-test score indicated that there are 6 (40%) students who are categorized excellent, 5 (33%) who categorized good, 4 (27%) who categorized fair, and none who categorized bad. Therefore, the pronunciation abilities of the subjects have improved after the treatment. It can be seen that the post-test scores of students are higher than the pre-test in the excellent category. The second result is about the students? perception in using imitating technique in mmmenglish.com website. It can be seen that 42% of students were favored with a very high criterion, and 58% of the students were favored with a high criterion. The result showed that the students? responses to using imitation techniques on the mmmenglish.com website to improve their pronunciation ability were positive. Therefore, it is suggested that the teachers to use the mmmenglish.com website as a student learning medium to improve the students' English pronunciationabilities, perticularly in pronouncing words correctly. Not only pronunciation abilities but on this website there are many interesting English learning topics and make it easier for students to learn English. There are many learning videos for beginner learners that aim to improve students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities in English
ABSTRACT Tugiyatun, Menuk. 2022. Improving English Pronunciation Competence using Imitation Technique in mmmenglish.com Website. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Sukma N.A., S.S., M.Pd. Advisor II: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Pd., Keywords: pronunciation competence; imitation technique; mmmenglish.com website The aims of this research are to investigate the effectiveness of the implementation the imitation technique in mmmenglish.com website to improve students? pronunciation, and to find out students? perception in using the media. This research employed pre-experimental research design with the instruments, namely pre-test & post-test, questionnaire perception, and interview. The subject of this research was the eighth grade which consists of 15 students of SMP N 1 Pringapus, Semarang Regency. The results can be concluding from pre-test and post-test score categories. The pre-test score indicated that there were 3 (20%) students in excellent category, 1 (7%) student in the category good, 2 (13%) students in the category fair, 6 (40%) students in the category poor, and 3 (20%) students in the category bad. The post-test score indicated that there are 6 (40%) students who are categorized excellent, 5 (33%) who categorized good, 4 (27%) who categorized fair, and none who categorized bad. Therefore, the pronunciation abilities of the subjects have improved after the treatment. It can be seen that the post-test scores of students are higher than the pre-test in the excellent category. The second result is about the students? perception in using imitating technique in mmmenglish.com website. It can be seen that 42% of students were favored with a very high criterion, and 58% of the students were favored with a high criterion. The result showed that the students? responses to using imitation techniques on the mmmenglish.com website to improve their pronunciation ability were positive. Therefore, it is suggested that the teachers to use the mmmenglish.com website as a student learning medium to improve the students' English pronunciationabilities, perticularly in pronouncing words correctly. Not only pronunciation abilities but on this website there are many interesting English learning topics and make it easier for students to learn English. There are many learning videos for beginner learners that aim to improve students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities in English
Download
book
BibTex
Latex, Jabref
cloud_download
Original Resource
url resource Institution
