THE EFFECT OF CHORAL READING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH CONSONANTS PRONUNCIATION

Rizki Amalia Ayuningtyas, Ujang Suparman, Sudirman Sudirman

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi apakah ada efek signifikan dari penerapan choral reading pada pembelajaran pelafalan konsonan Bahasa Inggris. Dalam penelitian ini, desain yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan one group pretest posttest. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII E di SMPN 1 Raman Utara tahun ajaran 2013-2014. Peneliti menggunakan tes pelafalan pada pretes dan postes dalam bentuk kata tunggal untuk sepuluh konsonan Bahasa Inggris. Analisis data menggunakan t-test untuk mengukur tingkat signifikansi antara pretes dan postes. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata siswa pada pretes adalah 11.15 dan pada postes 15.5, di mana peningkatannya adalah sebesar 4.35. Selain itu, dari hasil perbandingan antara pretes dan postes mencapai p=0.00 serta t-hasil 8.065 lebih besar dari t-tabel 2.093. Dari hasil tersebut dapat dikatakan bahwa teknik choral reading membawa efek yang signifikan pada pelafalan konsonan Bahasa Inggris siswa.

The objective of the research was to find out whether choral reading technique brought a significant effect on students’ English consonant pronunciation. This research used quantitative design with one group pretest posttest design. The subject of the research was students of VIII E class as the second year students of SMPN 1 Raman Utara in academic year 2013-2014. The researcher used pronunciation test in form of isolated words for ten English consonants. The data was analyzed by utilizing t-test to prove the significance between pretest and posttest. The result showed that the mean score of students pronunciation in pretest as many as 11.15 while in posttest as many as 15.5 where the increase as many as 4.35. In addition, the value of p=0.00 also the t-value 8.065 was higher than t-table 2.093. From the result of data analysis, it can be stated that choral reading technique gives a significant effect on students’ English consonants pronunciation.

Keywords: choral reading, effect, english consonant, pronunciation.


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