Abstract:
This research was carried out to 1) find out the effect of applying Call
Method by using Speechtron on the students’ achievement in pronouncing ed
Ending of the regular verb. 2) figure out the effect of applying Call Method by
using SpeechTRON software as a medium in teaching pronunciation ed Ending
of regular verb in the Recount Text in the eight grade of SMP Yp. Bina Satria
Medan Marelan. This research has been conducted at SMP Yp.Bina Satria Medan
Marelan academic year 2018/2019. There were three classes in this school with
total number 120 students and I took random sampling that was 30 of the students
were taken as the sample. They were 30 students from class VIII-1, VIII-2, and
VIII-3. Each groups of consist 15 as experimental group which taught by applying
Call Method by using SpeechTron and as control group which taught by
Powerpoint. The Instrument for collecting data in this research was oral test where
students were asked to pronounce words of ed ending regular verb which use pretest and post-test. The material of test was taken from Internet (English
Pronunciation) for grade VIII junior high school. The test was divided into
sections, the first was pre-test before treatment. The second was post-test after
treatment. The result of this research showed that t-observed value was higher
than t-table in which > (7.65 > 2.14). the hypothesis was accepted. It
means that there was a significant effect of applying Call Method by using
Speechtron on the students’ achievement in pronouncing ed ending of the regular
verb.
