24 genres of spoken language to the students. The genre can be found when the
teacher is doing observation. If the students are not able to understand the teacher who spoke a complecated language, the teacher needs to simplify the language so
that students can understand the conversation.
f. Phonetic Transcription
According to Ball and Rahilly 1996, phonetic transcription provides an easily accessible tool for examining articulator aspects of speech sounds p. 140.
English phonetic transcription helps the researcher to pronounce English words correctly. The researcher provides the phonetic transcription of the words that
would be pronounced in implementing drilling session in the classroom. The researcher used Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary by Hornby 1995. The
researcher uses the phonetic transcription to make the researcher easier to check the students’ pronunciation when they pronounce the English words provided.
Table 2.2 shows the phonetic transcription of 30 English words in Cycle 1.
Table. 2.2 The Phonetic Transcription of 30 English words in Cycle 1 by Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
No Words of Cycle 1
Phonetic Transcription 1.
happen ˈhæp. ə n
2.
look lʊk
3.
go gəʊ
4. can
kæn
5. ask
ɑːsk
6. try
traɪ
7. need
niːd
8. make
meɪk
9.
busy ˈbɪz.i
10.
type taɪp
11. submit
wɪl
12. will
səbˈmɪt
13. manage
ˈmæn.ɪdʒ
14. suggestion
səˈdʒes.tʃ ə n
15. operate
ˈɒp. ə r.eɪt
16.
headache ˈhed.eɪk
25
No Words of cycle 1
Phonetic Transcription 17.
home həʊm
18. paper
ˈpeɪ.pə r
19. box
bɒks
20. permission
pəˈmɪʃ. ə n
21. machine
məˈʃiːn
22.
lunch lʌn t ʃ
23.
letter ˈlet.ə r
24.
difficulty ˈdɪf.ɪ.k ə l.ti
25. proposal
prəˈpəʊ.z ə l
26. office
ˈɒf.ɪs
27. minutes
ˈmɪn.ɪt
28. help
help
29.
schedule ˈʃed.juːl
30.
seminar ˈsem.ɪ.nɑː r
To enrich the students’ ability in having correct pronunciation, the researcher adds the English words that must be pronounced by the students of XI AP class.
The students had to pronounce 40 English words based on their worksheets that will be inserted in the students’ exercises in Cycle 2. The researcher employs
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary by Hornby 1995. The researcher uses the phonetic transcription to make the researcher easier to check the students’
pronunciation when they pronounce the English words provided.
Table. 2.3 The Phonetic Transcription of 40 English words in Cycle 2 by Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
No Words of Cycle 2
Phonetic Transcription 1.
save seɪv
2.
data ˈdeɪ.tə
3.
borrow ˈbɑːr.oʊ
4. flash disc
flæʃ dɪsk
5. think
θɪŋk
6. format
ˈfɔː.mæt
7. print
prɪnt
8.
bring brɪŋ
9.
signature ˈsɪg.nɪ.tʃə r
10. stamp
stæmp
11. file
