TEACHING PRONUNCIATION THROUGH INTERNET MEDIA (YOUTUBE) AT TENTH YEAR TKJ C SMKN 2 PALOPO (A Classroom Action Research)

ABSTRACT
Ekawati. 2013. Teaching Pronunciatiom through Internet Media (YouTube) at
Tenth Year TKJ C SMKN 2 Palopo. Thesis, English Study Program of
Tarbiyah Department The State College for Islamic Studies (STAIN)
Palopo. Under Supervisor: Dr. Masruddin, S.S., M.Hum as the first
consultant and Amaliah Yahya, S.E., M.Hum. as the second consultant.
Key words : Teaching Pronunciation, Internet Media (YouTube)
This thesis was focused on the teaching pronunciation through internet media
(YouTube). The objectives of this research were to find out the appropriate ways to
teach pronunciation through internet media (YouTube).
This research was conducted by using classroom action research method, and
took place in three cycles. In each cycle, the researcher held two meetings which had
four steps, they were planning, action, observation and reflection. This research was
held in the class TKJ C of students at SMKN 2 Palopo which consisted of 15 students
in it. The instruments of colleting data were pronunciation test and questionnaire.
And the researcher collected data from the students by giving them reading test and
questionnaire to be filled out. All the data was analyzed by using percentage formula.
The results of the research were: the researcher found out that there was
improvement on students’ ability to pronounce English words by using internet media
(youtube). The appropriate ways in teaching pronunciation through internet media
(youtube) such as: gave motivation and encouragement to the students about the
benefit of learning pronunciation, gave the chance for all students especially the one
who looked shy and not confident to watch the video more intensive by moving them
in the front side of class, and offered many variety of videos by showing them how to
find the link of related videos from other sources in internet.