Subject of the Research

31 your action research thoughts in a plan that will guide you through your action work….” 54 Here, the writerthe observer and the teacher plan the appropriate technique to improve the students‟ pronunciation at class VII.3 of SMPN 66 Jakarta, South Jakarta, and then, they arrange a script within a lesson plan. This work does after the observer finding something problematic that is assumed as an obstacle in improving students‟ English pronunciation. Previously, the observer investigates the class by creating some related questions as a brainstorming. Then, she tries to find out the best way to solve the problems that faced by students. To make the assumption stronger, she also interviews the teacher and the participants about the pronunciation problems they faced.

b. Act

In this phase, act and observe are done all at once. The teacher as a stakeholder tries to implement the plan. She applies the technique in teaching pronunciation adequately. Teacher may do an action research because she recognizes the conditions of her classroom, the students, and the progress during teaching-learning activities. Teacher understands what the classroom should be, how to develop the classroom and all of the completely related things. In this act, the steps that are going to be practiced by teacher in teaching pronunciation by using minimal pair drills as follow: Step 1 : Introduces the phonemic symbols and concept of minimal pair drill and with the advantages for the students. Tell them that minimal pair would be helpful to distinguish the sound of words that improve their pronunciation. Step 2 : Presents to students the pairs of words and drill the pair of those words together using teachers‟ guidance. Then, ask some of them to 54 Geofrey E. Mills, Action Research: a Guide for the Teacher Researcher, New Jersey: Merill Prentice Hall, 2003, Second Edition, p.41