Abstract:
Pronunciation is one of English components that should be mastered by the
foreign learner in Indonesia, especially the students in Junior High School. The
aim of this research was to know whether or not the use of reading aloud
technique could improve the VII-UB grade students’ pronunciation achievement
at SMP Tunas Karya Batang Kuis. The research design used Classroom Action
Research. The data of this research was taken from test, observation and
questionnaire. The result of showed some improvements in each cycle. In Cycle I,
there were about 45.83% students who were active in teaching learning activity.
In Cycle II, 100% students who were active in teaching learning activity. In
addition, there were 41.66% or 10 students who could achieve the target score in
Cycle I. In Cycle II, there were 91.66% or 22 students who could achieve the
target score. It indicated that the use of reading aloud technique could improve the
students pronunciation achievement in descriptive text
