Abstract
The aim of this study is to describe the process of teaching pronunciation by writing phonetic symbols at The Eminence English Course Pare. Those are including of: the process of teaching pronunciation by writing phonetic symbols at The Eminence, the students’ response toward the process of teaching pronunciation, and tutor solution of the problems which are faced by students. Qualitative was selected as a research approach; observation was used to collect some information about pronunciation program. The instrument used for collecting documents which is related to pronunciation program was documentation, it was kind of module book. The questionnaire was used to get students’ perception in teaching learning process at pronunciation program. The result of this study showed that the process of teaching phonetic symbols at The Eminence had been supported by syllabus and lesson plan although it was not written yet structurally, the material was taken from module book, the media is using whiteboard, speaker, and Oxford dictionary. The method which was used was direct or natural method, the technique which was applied in the class was reading aloud technique. The evaluation of this program was taken on Sunday at the second week by giving written test. From the result about the students’ perception was known that students had problems in pronunciation. It is word connection. Tutor solves this problem by giving word connection material.
Highlights
Pronunciation is one of the most neglected aspects of English language teaching
The writer is interested in describe about the process of teaching pronunciation by writing phonetic symbol at The Eminence English Course Pare
Tutor used Oxford dictionary in teaching phonetic symbol material
Summary
Pronunciation is one of the most neglected aspects of English language teaching. almost all English language teachers get students to study grammar and vocabulary, practice functional dialogues, take part in productive skill activities and become competent in listening and reading.According to Kelly (2000: 13), "the fact that pronunciation tends to suffer from neglect may not be due to teachers lacking interest in the subject but rather to a feeling of doubts as to how to teach it". Pronunciation is one of the most neglected aspects of English language teaching. Akmajian and others (1995:66) emphasize on the importance of phonetic symbols that includes a special symbol or special combination of symbols which may represent each significant speech sound of a language; this transcription system overcomes the shortcomings of the current English alphabet. In this case, the writer is interested in describe about the process of teaching pronunciation by writing phonetic symbol at The Eminence English Course Pare
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