The Use of “Tongue Twister” Method to Improve Students' Ability in Pronuncing Pure Vowels and Diphthongs (Case Study at MTs Annur Daren Nalumsari Jepara)

Rohmah, Alfi (2022) The Use of “Tongue Twister” Method to Improve Students' Ability in Pronuncing Pure Vowels and Diphthongs (Case Study at MTs Annur Daren Nalumsari Jepara). Undergraduate thesis, IAIN KUDUS.

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Abstract

Pronunciation is an important thing in English. especially when pronouncing vowels. Appropriate and effective methods can help students improve their pronunciation skills. One of them is by using an interesting method such as the tongue twister method. The researcher conducted the research 1). How is the use of tongue twister method to improve students’ ability in pronouncing pure vowels and diphthongs. 2). What are the difficulties in using the tongue twister method to pronounce pure vowels and diphthongs, and how can the teacher overcome them. 3). How is the effectiveness of tongue twister method to improve students’ ability in pronouncing pure vowels and diphthongs. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method, and the research design is a case study. The researcher used interviews and observations as research instruments to collect data. The subjects in this study are eighth grade students at MTs Annur Daren Nalumsari Jepara. The researcher uses the triangulation method to ensure that the information obtained from the research data is accurate and reveals the truth about the phenomenon under investigation. 1). The use of tongue twister method is divided into several stages, including preparation, dictation, reconstruction, analysis, and correction. Before starting the lesson, the teacher prepares everything that must be prepared. The teacher checks student attendance, prepares tongue twister sentence for students, and divides students into several groups, each consisting of 4-5 students. The benefit of this preparation is to minimize problems during the process of applying the method. Dictation is when a teacher dictates a tongue twister to their students, either through native speaker audio or manually. Reconstruction is the stage where the teacher gives students two opportunities to listen to the audio. At first opportunity, students can only listen. On the other hand, both students were able to record the words that they caught from the tongue twister according to their abilities. During the analysis phase, the teacher analyzes each group’s answers and helps them compose the sentences. The last stage is that the teacher corrects the answers by writing the students’ versions of the sentence on the whiteboard so that they can see the original sentence and compare it with their version of the sentence. These steps are often referred to as applying the tongue twister method through the dictogloss activity. The English teacher also provides twisted sentences containing sounds of pure vowels and diphthongs for students to practice in class. 2). The difficulties in using a tongue twister method to pronounce pure vowels and diphthongs at MTs Annur Daren are that some students have some difficulties pronouncing English diphthongs, some students have difficulties differentiating English pronunciation from Indonesian, and students also have difficulties with internal and external factors, such as laziness and lack of motivation. To overcome these difficulties, the English teacher provides several solution options, including the teacher dictating the twister sentences slowly, the teacher explaining several times until the student understands, and the teacher always providing motivation and evaluation in each lesson. 3). At MTs Annur Daren, tongue twister method quite effective in improving students’ pronunciation skills. After learning this method, students are more confident in speaking English, they can pronounce English words or sentences correctly, and they can pronounce some vowels (pure vowels and diphthongs) well. In addition, students also achieve better scores after learning the method.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Contributors:	Contribution Contributors Email Thesis advisor Sophya, Ida Vera UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Method, Tongue Twister, Pronunciation, Pure Vowels, Diphthongs
Subjects:	300 Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial > 370 Pendidikan 300 Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial > 370 Pendidikan > Metode Belajar Mengajar, Kegiatan Belajar Mengajar
Divisions:	Fakultas Tarbiyah > Tadris Bahasa Inggris (BI)
Depositing User:	Perpustakaan IAIN Kudus
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2023 01:37
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2023 01:37
URI:	http://repository.iainkudus.ac.id/id/eprint/9802

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