Improving students’ homophone through guessing game at grade XI SMA N 7 Padangsidimpuan
| Main Author: | Ritonga, Wulandari |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://etd.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/1963/1/133400072.pdf http://etd.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/1963/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research discussed about improving students’ homophonethrough guessing game at grade XI SMA N 7 Padangsidimpuan. Students are low in pronunciation, most of student’s are difficult to pronounce English well, students do not understand how to make different the pronunciation of words that almost like the sound. The aim of this research is to know the result of using guessing game as an attempt to improve teaching pronunciation at grade XI SMA N 7Padangsidimpuan. The method that used in this research is classroom action research by implementing the L.R.Gay and Peter Airasian’sdesign. There are four steps, they are plan, action, observe, and reflect. Moreover, to solve the pronunciation problems the researcher applied guessing game. The participants of this research were the class of XI SMA N 7 Padangsidimpuan consisted of 22 students. Meanwhile, the data were derived from pronunciation test, and observation notes. Based on the research result, show the improvement mean score of the students. The first test in first cycle was 70.90 (22.72%)and second test in the second cycle was 78.63 (90.90%). It can be concluded that the mean score in the second cycle was higher than the first cycle. The application of guessing game could improve students’ pronunciation and the hypothesis could be accepted.