Abstract
This research aims to know about the effectiveness of reading aloud periodically method in assisting the English pronunciation problem made by non-English major students. To measure the effectiveness of the method, the researcher used quasi-experimental research. The researcher took the data from first semester students of the non-English department (students of the Transportation study program). To analyze the data, the researcher used two analyses, which are non-statistical and statistical analysis. Based on the data, the researcher found that in the pre-test, before giving the treatment, students still made some mistakes in English pronunciation. After giving the treatment, students showed the progress in their English pronunciation. There was an increase between the pre-test and the post-test about 21,33 in score or t-test calculation, t count > t table = 10,718>3,12 with 32,53% mispronunciation made by students after giving the treatments 10 times. It showed that the method of reading aloud was effective to help in improving students’ English pronunciation. Besides, the researcher found that the reason for students’ problems in pronunciation after interviewing students was the familiarity to use English in daily activities and the influence of their habit reading the word in the Indonesian language.
Highlights
Pronunciation is considered a field studied less than the other fields because of the difficulty
By applying an aloud reading method in teaching reading to students, this is hoped to improve the English language learners' English pronunciation
The second aim of this research was to know a reason influencing students’ pronunciation. according to the interview, the researcher can conclude that the pronunciation mistakes made by students are caused by the familiarity to use English in daily activities and the influence of their habit of reading words in Bahasa Indonesia, there is no difference between spelling and pronunciation in Indonesian as their mother tongue
Summary
Pronunciation is considered a field studied less than the other fields because of the difficulty. Due to the mother tongue, the foreign language learners find the problem to acquire the English pronunciation. There are many ways to maintain the pronunciation, one of the ways is reading methods This method, in some research, is believed to improve pronunciation by conducting aloud reading. By applying an aloud reading method in teaching reading to students, this is hoped to improve the English language learners' English pronunciation. Nurani and Rosyada’s research (2014) provides that reading aloud effectively affects the adult language learners’ pronunciation. They added reading aloud method is a good method to increase the learners’ motivation in learning pronunciation as a new experience
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