%A  Pratiwi  Nabilla
%T IMPROVING STUDENTS? ACHIEVEMENT IN PRONOUNCING
DIPHTHONGS THROUGH TEXT-BASED APPROACH AT THE
SECOND GRADE OF MTSN 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG
%X This current research investigated i) the effect of text-based approach on students'
pronunciation of diphthongs, ii) the diphthongs the students found it hard to
pronounce. This research employed a quantitative research method with a onegroup pre-test and post-test design. The participants were 32 second grade students
at MTsN 2 Bandar Lampung. The data were collected through pronunciation tests
in the implementation of the text-based approach. The PRAAT application was
used to analyze the significance of students' pronunciation improvements, focusing
on pitch and intensity. The results showed that i) text-based approach significantly
improved the students? achievement of pronouncing diphthongs with post-test
scores significantly higher than pre-test scores, and ii) the research identified that
the diphthongs /??/, /e?/, and /??/ were the most difficult for students to pronounce.
The result showed that text-based approach effectively improved students'
diphthong pronunciation. This suggests that text-based approach facilitates the
students to improve their achievement of pronouncing diphthongs.
Keywords: pronunciation, diphthongs, text-based approach, PRAAT software
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2025
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%L eprints86371