IMPROVING PRONUNCIATION SKILL THROUGH VWA (VOCABULARY WORKSHOP AUTOMOTIVE) YOUTUBE CHANNEL AT SMKN 2 PALOPO

This research investigates the effectiveness of using the VWA (Vocabulary Workshop Automotive) YouTube Channel to improve students' pronunciation skills at SMKN 2 Palopo. The research aims to determine whether the use of the YouTube channel significantly enhances students‘ English pronunciation.
This research employs a pre-experimental design with a one-group pretest�posttest approach. The research was conducted with tenth-grade students of SMKN 2 Palopo, with a total population of 238 students. A sample of 31 students
from class X TKR C was selected for the study. The research involved three stages: pretest, treatment, and posttest. Data were collected using pronunciation tests administered before and after the treatment. The findings indicate a statistically significant improvement in students' pronunciation skills. The analysis shows that the t-count value (16.051) is higher than the t-table value (2.042), with a p-value of 0.000 (p < 0.05), demonstrating a
significant difference between pretest and posttest scores. This suggests that the intervention had a positive impact on students' pronunciation proficiency. Furthermore, a strong and significant correlation between pretest and posttest results confirms that the improvement observed can be attributed to the treatment.