THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TONGUE TWISTER TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION: A CASE STUDY OF SMKN 9 SEMARANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

Yuliani, Winda. 2020. The effectiveness of using Tongue Twister to Students’
Pronunciation: A case of SMKN 9 Semarang in academic year 2020/2021 . Final
Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education,
University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1: Th.Cicik Sophia B., S.S, M.Pd. Advisor
2: Ririn Ambarini, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keyword: Pronunciation, Accuracy, Fluency, Tongue Twister Technique
Tongue twister is a sentence or phrase which is confusing and difficult to
say, particularly when repeating in many times and quickly. This problem is so
common for students since they rarely speak English in their daily life. Actually,
in case of speaking, students have had ideas in their mind, on the other hand they
get many difficulties for expressing it. In this study, the writer used the Tongue
Twister in Pronunciation. The purpose of this study is 1. To analyze extent
students‟ ability in pronunciation before being taught by using tongue twister. 2.
To analyze extent students‟ ability in pronunciation after being taught by using
tongue twister. 3. To identify significant difference between students‟
pronunciation before and after being taught by using tongue twister. The design of
this study is Pre- experimental.
The population of class X BDP students in SMKN 9 Semarang 2020/2021.
The author takes one experimental class. The research instrument is a test. There
are two types of tests given, namely pre-test and post- test. After collecting data,
there are significant differences between students‟ ability in pronunciation before
being taught by using tongue twister and students‟ ability in pronunciation after
being taught by using tongue twister.
The results of the study are that there is significance difference between
students' pronunciation ability who are taught before using tongue twister and
after taught using tongue twister. It is proven by the calculation of the t-test which
is t-value is higher than t-table, 10,85 > 1,69. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis
(Hα) is accepted and the students who were taught after using tongue twister has
better score than who were taught before using tongue twister.