35 Based on the pre test result, all students of those two groups almost did the
similar mistakes in pronouncing the words. The students were not accustomed to those words. Therefore, they were not confident enough to pronounce those
words. As the result, they were lowering their voice. This result of pre test would be compared to the result of the post test.
4.2 Treatment
Based on the pre test result, the researcher made several treatments to the experimental group by giving the special class for learning English pronunciation.
On the other hand, the researcher would not give any treatment to the control group.
4.2.1 Experimental Group
In learning English pronunciation, the researcher chose to teach the students by using songs. The researcher arranged four times class by using
English children songs. The first meeting was conducted on March 21
st
March, 2013. The songs were played to help them grasp the correct pronunciation.
a. First Treatment on March 21
st
, 2013 the allocation time : 60 minutes
The researcher gave the lyric of “Beautiful Day” to the students. Then, the researcher taught the students how to pronounce the lyric of the songs clearly.
The researcher repeated the word by word patiently while the students were imitating what they heard from the researcher. The researcher did this action three
times. When the students were getting bored of this action, the researcher put the 16 students into pairs to change the situation of the class. One student read the
36 lyrics of “Beautiful Day” and his friend listened to him while making tally sheet
for the mispronounced words see appendix 2, p. 71. They took turn doing the activity. Then, the result of the first meeting treatment was as follows:
Table 4.6 The Result of Tally Sheet of “Beautiful Day” No
Name of students The mispronounced
words
1 At
9 2
Al 10
3 Wl
10 4
An 11
5 Ant
9 6
Ar 10
7 Lr
9 8
Ba 9
9 Da
10 10
Ni 8
11 Dv
9 12
Zf 10
13 Fr
9 14
Fa 10
15 Nd
8 16
Sv 9
Based on the tally sheet of the students, most of the students mispronounced more than 8 words. The researcher analyzed and discussed the
result of the tally sheet together with the students. The students were very active to ask for the correct pronunciation.
On the first day, there were several words of “Beautiful Day” which were considered as difficult words. Those words were shining, start, hear, we’re, bird
and share. The students faced difficulties in pronouncing those words because they were not accustomed with those words. Their Javanesse accent also
influenced their pronunciation.
37 Then, in the same day the researcher also conducted treatment by using
“Promise”. The researcher gave the lyrics and taught them how to pronounce the lyric of the songs. The researcher repeated the word by word patiently while the
students were imitating what they heard from the researcher. Then, the researcher also asked the students to work in pair and analyze their friends’ pronunciation.
The result of the first treatment by using the “Promise” was as follows :
Table 4.7 The Result of Tally Sheet of “Promise” No
Name of the students The mispronounced
words
1 At
10 2
Al 9
3 Wl
9 4
An 11
5 Ant
10 6
Ar 9
7 Lr
10 8
Ba 10
9 Da
10 10
Ni 9
11 Dv
10 12
Zf 10
13 Fr
11 14
Fa 11
15 Nd
8 16
Sv 9
The researcher analyzed and discussed the result of the tally sheet together with the students. The situation of the class became more lively because
the students were supporting each other in understanding for the right pronunciation. The researcher pronounced the words for few times while the
students were imitating what they heard from the researcher.
38 Based on the result, the students did mispronounciation in some words.
Then, the number of the mistakes in pronouncing the lyrics were still high. There were several words of “Promise” which were considered as difficult words. Those
words were pal, crossed, leap, faith, we’ll, fight, nice. The students were not accustomed with those words.
In the end of the class, the researcher played the “Beautiful Day” and the “Promise”. The students were surprised and enthusiastic to listen those two songs.
The students tried to sing the songs. Moreover, they enjoyed to sing the songs. Based on the result of both songs in the first meeting treatment, the
researcher did not find high improvement of the students’ pronunciation. The researcher had to explore the activity through songs. Then, the researcher decided
to conduct the second meeting on March 23, 2013.
b. Second Treatment on March 23
