stage, the practitioner carries on the basic theory for the action research while compiling the data. This is the stage where practitioner determines what is being
accomplished, and the relationship between the action and the result being obtained. 4 reflecting on the data and planning informed action. This is the final
stage of the first lap around the action research cycle. In this stage the practitioner returns and revisits the target or goal in the first stage, and does the stage 2 and
stage 3 for the second action research cycle until the goal is achieved.
Figure 2.2 Sagor’s Action Research Cycle Sagor, 2000: 7
B. Theoretical Framework
According to School Based Curriculum, there are four basic skills that are taught in school, they are listening, reading, speaking and writing. English teacher
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also includes the elements of English in the class; they are vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. English are taught integrated in class.
In this research, the researcher finds that the students face difficulties in pronunciation intelligibility in their speaking. The difficulties cause the students
having an unintelligible pronunciation in their speaking. Syafei stated that the goal of teaching speaking is to make the students have the ability to speak intelligibly
to others 1988: 1. Therefore, the researcher tries to improve students’ pronunciation intelligibility in speaking of XIIPA 3 of SMA 2 Ngaglik. The
improvement brings the students to be good English speakers. The researcher includes the theory of speaking and pronunciation as the
basic theory of the research. The theory of speaking and pronunciation will be the guidance for the researcher in having an intelligible pronunciation. Using the
theory in the research will be very important because one of the problems in this research is related to the lack of knowledge of the English pronunciation. The
theory of speaking and pronunciation help the researcher in finding the proper method to be implanted in the class.
The researcher uses Classroom Action Research as the method in improving students’ pronunciation intelligibility in speaking. In this research, the
researcher uses Mcniff and Whitehead Classroom Action Research cycle Mcniff and Whitehead, 2002: 40. There are two cycles in this Classroom Action
Research, each of the cycle consists of four steps. Those steps are observation, reflection, planning, and action. Each of the steps will be conducted in class until
the research is done.
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The researcher uses communicative drill in the research. Communicative drill is different with the other kinds of drill in the teaching. Communicative drill
is the only drill which has communication purpose. In communicative drill, the students do a lot of exercises in the communication. Hopefully, by employing the
communicative drill, the students of XIIPA 3 of SMA 2 Ngaglik can improve their pronunciation intelligibility. The researcher believes that the technique will
help the students to have better pronunciation intelligibility in speaking.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods of the study to solve the problems stated in Chapter I. This study intended to observe the pronunciation problems in
English and the method that helped students increasing their pronunciation intelligibility in English. This chapter presents the discussion of the research
method, research setting and participants, research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique and research procedure.
A. Research Method
The researcher employed the Classroom Action Research method in this research to answer the problems stated in Chapter I. Action Research is not
focused on the development of the theory or general application, but it is focused on immediate application Best Kahn, 1986: 22. Its purpose was to improve
school practices and also to improve students’ practices; habits of thinking and research processes. This method was used by the researcher to answer the
problem of how to improve students’ pronunciation intelligibility of the eleventh grade of IPA 3 of SMA Ngaglik 2. Krathwohl 1998: 600 defines action research
as research conducts by the practitioner to improve practice. In the action research, the researcher does his or her own research Mcniff and Whitehead,
2003: 15. The role of the researcher in the action research is very important to control the research. The role of the researcher in action research is researcher as
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