THE EFFECTIVENESS OF READING ALOUD IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 4 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of using reading aloud as technique in teaching pronunciation. In order to know the effectiveness, the researcher compares the result of teaching by using common method to the result of teaching using reading aloud. This research is called experimental research. The population of this research is the tenth grade students of SMA N 4 Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014. The total number of the population in this research is 191 students from six classes. The sample of this research is 64 students from two classes, X4 consist of 32 students as the control group, and X5 consist of 32 students as the experimental group. The instrument is through pronunciation test (reading aloud a text) which is conducted on April 19th, 2014 for pre-test, and on May 5th, 2014 for post-test. Statistically, the researcher analyzes the data by using t-test polled variant. The result of this research found that the use of reading aloud is effective in teaching pronunciation. In this research, there is positive and significant effect of using reading aloud in teaching pronunciation. The result compared to the value of t-table (12.494>1.671). Then, the computation of t-test shows that the Ha is accepted. The highest score from the whole score – both control and experimental, and both pre-test and post-test, was 93. It was achieved after they got the treatments in experimental group. Then, the lowest score was 27. The lowest score was achieved by the student in control group. After the test, the average scores were found that the mean pre-test of the experimental group was 53.94, and the experimental group has mean score 82.25 in post-test. Moreover, the mean pre-test of the control group was 50.66, while the post-test of control group has mean score 52.94. If the value of t-test is higher than t-table, the alternative hypothesis can be stated that it is effective to use reading aloud as technique in teaching pronunciation at the tenth grade students of SMA N 4 Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014.