30 on Romine 1954, SBC, a development of the 2004 Curriculum, is Competency-
Based Curriculum CBC and an operational curriculum conceived and developed in each unit of Education and the School Committee, which contains: Destination
Education Unit, Structure and Content Curriculum Education Unit, Education Calendar, and Syllabus.
B. Theoretical Framework
In the theoretical framework, the researcher summarizes the theories and the benefits of the theories. The object observed in the study is the students of XI
AP class of SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta. The students are categorized as teens whose ages are between 15 up to 19 years old. The study uses theory of English
for teens in order to know what kinds of assessments, stimulus, and the difficulty level of the tests which appropriate to the students. If the researcher knows the
characteristics of students in their ages, the researcher will easily determine the appropriate inducement for the students.
Language is important to build a communication among people in the world. Students have to master in pronunciation of English words to communicate
with the others because English is used internationally. The researcher states theory of teaching language to make sure that teaching language is important to be
taught to the students. Theory of teaching guide the researcher to choose the appropiate level of language to communicate with the students.
The researcher finds that the students of the second grade of Vocational High School BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta have difficulty in English speaking. Syafei
1988 states that the global of teaching English speaking is to make the students
31 have the ability to speak intelligibly to the others p. 1. By having a good ability
to speak such as mastering the pronunciation, the students will improve their skill in English speaking. Therefore, the researcher tries to help the students’ to
improve their pronunciation. In considering what kinds of speaking activities used in the classroom, the
researcher needs to state the way of teaching in the classroom. The researcher mixes the teacher-centered learning and the students-centered learning to become
the way of teaching. When the researcher determines the activities in drilling sessions, the researcher needs to use teacher-centered learning. It is because the
researcher will be a model for the students to get the example of the correct pronunciation of English words. In the speaking activities, the researcher employs
students-centered learning. It is aimed that the students will have choices to choose what they want to be in a role-play context.
The researcher uses theories of speaking to guide the researcher to check the students’ improvements in pronunciation. The speaking theories are also used
to find the appropriate aspects to be scored in the students’ speaking test. Then, pronunciation point is stated to know the improvements of the students’
pronunciation. In this way, the aspects of pronunciation become the basic assessment of the study.
In assessing the students’ pronunciation of English words, the researcher employs the phonetic transcription of the English words. The phonetic
transcription will help the researcher to determine whether the students pronounce
32 the words correctly. The phonetic transcription is the researcher’ guideline to drill
the English words correctly to the students. In finding the technique, the researcher uses the theory of Audio Lingual
Method. By this method, the students are expected to be familiar with English words. The researcher chooses drilling technique in the Audio-Lingual Method. In
drilling technique, the students should participate themselves actively in the learning process. Thus, the reason why the researcher uses the theory of drilling
technique is to make the students participate actively in the classroom. Every school has a curriculum to cover the subjects and the activities in
the school. The researcher states the theory of curriculum in SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta in conducting the study. The school uses the Curriculum of 2006 or
SBC. The researcher needs to state the curriculum because based on the School Based Curriculum SBC, there are four basic skills taught in school, those are
listening, reading, speaking, and writing. The speaking skill based on the curriculum in SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta is important to be achieved by the
students. The curriculum helps the researcher to decide what kinds of speaking materials that the students need and helps the researcher to determine the
indicators.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In the Chapter 3, the researcher discusses the methodology used. The methodology is aimed to complete the data of the study in SMK BOPKRI 1
Yogyakarta. This chapter presents the research method, the research setting, the research participants, the instruments and data gathering technique, the data
analysis technique, and the research procedure.
A. Research Method
The researcher focused on the implementation of drilling technique to the XI AP students of SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta to improve their pronunciation.
The researcher applied classroom action research CAR as the methodology of the study. Classroom action research CAR is systematic inquiry with the goal of
informing practice in a particular situation. “CAR is the way for researcher to discover what works best in the classroom situation. Thus, it allows decision
about the best teaching method applied in the classroom.” Mettetal, 2003. In the classroom action research, the researcher conducted a study to find
some problems faced by the students of Akuntansi Perkantoran AP class, then the researcher should found the exact technique to solve the problems. The
problems faced by the students were in their wrong pronunciation and the limitation of their knowledge about how to pronounce some English words. The
goal of this classroom action research also helped the students to solve their problems in their pronunciation.
