Abstract:
This research was a quantitative research. The objective of this research was to
find out the the influence of using CWT (Chain Whispering Technique) towards
students’ ability in pronunciation. This research was conducted at SMP
Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal Jl. Sei Mencirim No. 60. The population of this
research was eight grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal academic
year 2019/2020. The sample consisted of 46 students. The sample was divided
into 2 groups, the experimental group which was consisting of 24 students and
treated by using chain whispering technique, and the control group which
consisted of 22 students by treated lecturing method. The instrument for collecting
the data was oral test where students were asked to pronounce 10 English words
contained of long vowel sounds. The result showed that tobserved was higher than
ttable (8.60 > 2.01) at level of significant 0,05 and degree of freedom (df) was 44. It
meant that students treated by using chain whispering technique got higher score
than by lecturing method. So, it stated that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was
accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected
