%0 Journal Article
%A 0513042026, Diesmita Herninda
%D 2010
%F eprints:18541
%J Digital Library
%T TEACHING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION (/ð/, /θ/, /∫/) SOUNDS OF  FRICTION CONSONANTS THROUGH SONG AT THE FIFTH GRADE  OF SDN 2 RUKTI HARJO LAMPUNG TENGAH
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/18541/
%X This research was conducted based on the problems faced by the fifth grade  students of SDN 2 Rukti Harjo, the problems are: the low pronunciation  achievement and the low students’ participation during the teaching learning  process in that school. The objectives of the research are To find out whether song  can increase the students’ pronunciation ability especially in pronouncing (/ð/, /θ/,  /∫/) sounds of friction consonants at the fifth grade students, to find out whether  song can increase the quality of the teacher’s teaching performance when the  teacher is implementing children song as the media to teach pronunciation, and to  find out whether teaching (/ð/, /θ/, /∫/) sounds of friction consonants through song  increase students’ participation during the teaching learning process. The research  was conducted at SDN 2 Rukti harjo. The subject of the research was students of  class 5B in academic year 2009/ 2010 which consists of 22 students.  As the result, in pronunciation test of cycle 1, there were only 10 students  (45.45%) who gained the score of ≥ 3 and it improves in cycle 2 that there were  18 students (81.81%).It means that the indicators of the research for pronunciation  test have been fulfilled in the second cycle. For the students’ participation during  the teaching learning process, there were improvement from13 students (59.09%)  of 22 students who did 80% of the activities in cycle I to 19 (86.36%) cycle II. For  the teacher’s performance, the teacher got 70 in cycle 1. Then, in the second cycle  teacher teaching performance is much better that is the teacher got the score of 80.  Referring to the result of the research above, it can be concluded that song as  teaching media is applicable to improve the students’ pronunciation in mastering  /ð/, /θ/, /∫/ sounds. Song does not just improve the students’ pronunciation but also  improves the students’ participation during the teaching learning process and  teacher’s teaching performance.  Keywords: English Pronunciation, Song