Applying Reading Aloud Technique to Improve Students’ Pronunciation at SMP Tunas Karya Batang Kuis

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