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No one can deny that English has become more and more important as a global language crossing many international boundaries. The highest target when learning foreign languages generally and learning English particularly perhaps is to use that language fluently and appropriately in oral communication. One cannot achieve that goal if he is not good at speaking skills, especially pronunciation skills. Gilakjani (2012) indicated that learners with good English pronunciation are likely to be understood even they make errors in other areas, whereas those who have bad pronunciation will not be understood, even if their grammar is perfect. Because English is not a phonetic language, once we pronounce a word incorrectly, it may change the meaning of that word and make some unwanted misunderstandings in our conversation. English pronunciation, including sound production, syllable stress, English intonation patterns, and spoken rhythm, may be a challenging skill if we do not find out an appropriate technique to learn and improve.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT Improving pronunciation in EFL/ESL students Instructor: Duong Thi Duyen, M.A Full name: Duong Thi Ngoc Diem Student Code: B1705859 Course Code: XH299 June 12, 2020 Improving pronunciation in EFL/ESL students Introduction No one can deny that English has become more and more important as a global language crossing many international boundaries The highest target when learning foreign languages generally and learning English particularly perhaps is to use that language fluently and appropriately in oral communication One cannot achieve that goal if he is not good at speaking skills, especially pronunciation skills Gilakjani (2012) indicated that learners with good English pronunciation are likely to be understood even they make errors in other area, whereas those who have bad pronunciation will not be understood, even if their grammar is perfect Because English is not a phonetic language, once we pronounce a word incorrectly, it may change the meaning of that word and make some unwanted misunderstanding in our conversation English pronunciation, including sound production, syllable stress, English intonation patterns, and spoken rhythm, maybe is a challenging skill if we not find out an appropriate technique to learn and improve After considering the articles carefully, I find that some available sources benefit our pronunciation learning process a lot Improving pronunciation in EFL/ESL students by using English songs, English movies and English games, how to apply them and how motivating and effective they are, are what I wish to explore in my paper Summaries Aini, H W N., Basri H & Hastini (2013) Improving students’ pronunciation of alveopalatal sounds through English songs English Language teaching Society, 1(1), 1-13 Retrieved from http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/2078 This article examines that English songs can help students improve their pronunciation of alveopalatal sounds at SMA Negeri Palu The objective of the study focused on improving pronunciation of alveopalatal sounds such as /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, and /dʒ/ In the pre-experimental research part, a class (which was chosen randomly) of 37 eleventh-grade students sat in a pretest to be identified their prior ability in pronouncing alveopalatal sounds The test included parts: an oral test with 15 items and a multiple test with items After the pretest, students were instructed to enhance their pronunciation of alveopalatal sounds by listening to English songs After treatment meetings, a post test was organized to know the significant improvement of the process By statistically analyzing the data from Table and Table 3, the researchers found that there was significant progress among the students: their mean score from 48.2 in the pretest improved to 79.3 in the post test Therefore, the use of English songs can improve students’ ability in pronouncing alveopalatal sounds Nurhayati, D A W (2015) Improving students’ English pronunciation ability through Go Fish game and Maze game Dinamika Ilmu, 15(2), 215-233 Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1121925 The purpose of this study is to investigate whether Go Fish and Maze game can improve the students’ English pronunciation ability and how effective they were, and to examine the strengths and weaknesses of those games in improving the students’ English pronunciation ability 19 students, who were the TK B1 in a kindergarten of ISLAM Al-Irsyad Madium, signed to join this study After sitting in a pre-test, the participants were turned onto two cycles of the program In the first cycle, the Go Fish Game was conducted In this part, each student played the game under the researcher’s construction Then, the students had to speak the words and ask their friends for cards to match with the ones he had Moreover, all students were asked to read out loud the cards that they got in front of their friends at the end of the game In cycle 2, the Maze Game was organized to improve learners spelling and pronunciation During the game, students seemed to plant a tree by pronouncing the words related to the parts of the tree such as the leaf, flower, fruit, root, and so on Besides, they had to sit in a post test at the end of every cycle At that point, the Action Research Method was used in collecting and analyzing the data The statistic indicated that there was significant advancement among the participants The author found that besides this method created joyful, energetic, and motive activities that could help students interesting in improving their ability in pronunciation, the limited time and the condition of the teacher were considered as weaknesses in this study Sihombing, H B M & Purba, M (2018) Improving students’pronunciation mastery through learning by using medias (English songs and English movies) Jurnal Darma Agung, 26(1), 591-599 Retrieved from http://jurnal.darmaagung.ac.id/index.php/jurnaluda/article/view/51 This article aims to investigate how well using relate media such as English songs and English movies was in developing students’ ability in pronunciation The question that the authors tried to clarify is: “How well does Using relate media such as English songs and English movies improve students’ pronunciation?” To begin, thirty five (35) students in the fourth semester of English Department of Letter Faculty in Darma Agung University sat in a pre-test to be examined their levels Then, two cycles, Cycle I and Cycle II, were conveyed Every cycle included four steps (planning, acting, observing, and reflecting) that came with the treatment conducting in 10 meetings altogether A questionnaire was used to check how better students were at the end of every cycle As can be seen, Table 4.1.1 showed the results of the pretest and the two post tests Table 4.2.3 showed the analysis of the questionnaire results based on some criteria mentioned in the study These tables indicated that the average score of 55,3 in pretest then was improved into 74,17 on Cycle I, and into 85,4 in Cycle II Therefore, the application of media by listening to English songs and English short movies was effective on pronunciation improvement among students However, the authors identified themselves that the process of collecting was time consuming since the researcher had to test and check students’ pronunciation one by one Supeno, (2008) Using songs to improve students’ pronunciation TEFLIN International Conference, 65(1), 339-346 Retrieved from https://repositorio.una.ac.cr/bitstream/handle/11056/2606/recurso_701.pdf?sequence=1 This article tries to shed light on the effects of English songs on secondary students’ pronunciation improvement in certain sounds The participants included 30 students of SMA Hang Tuah Surabaya in Indonesia These students always have difficulties in distinguishing between the vowel sound /i:/ and /ɪ/, pronouncing the consonant /dʒ/ in final sound, or monophthongizing the diphthong /ai/ To begin, students studied words and phrases from the songs’ lyric and then listened to the songs a few times After that, many activities such as filling in the gaps or categorizing the words according to the sounds were organized based on songs’ rhythm to help learners have chances to practice To finish, they took part in a survey to show their opinions regarding to effectiveness of improving pronunciation by using English songs by answering a questionnaire Results showed that 25 out of 30 participants absolutely agreed that students not only enhanced their pronunciation but also felt comfortable and relaxing during the learning process The researcher recommended that teachers should take into account different aspects levels, age, reference as well as the difficulty of the songs and their rhythm when choosing a song Advanced students and those who taking pronunciation courses were suggested to use these practices Conclusion As an English learner for several years, I have been applying those methods in my learning process However, thanks to the four articles that I have summarized, I find them more useful and informative The studies above revealed that English songs, English movies and English games can help learners in enhancing almost every perspective of their pronunciation namely vowels, consonants and diphthongs Moreover, rhythm, intonation, stress, and flow of the word and even sentence are practiced simultaneously Although the authors of the second and the third article said that it was time consuming sometimes, I find it acceptable Because if we want to master something especially knowledge, we cannot achieve it within a short time Through the four articles, I can conclude that media is not simply a relaxing and entertaining tool but also a great implement to improve our ability in English pronunciation In my opinion, it is not only helpful for me but also for those who need motivation and relaxing techniques to help them besides their traditionally stressful learning methods References Aini, H W N., Basri H & Hastini (2013) Improving students’ pronunciation of alveopalatal sounds through English songs English Language teaching Society, 1(1), 1-13 Retrieved from http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/2078 Nurhayati, D A W (2015) Improving students’ English pronunciation ability through Go Fish game and Maze game Dinamika Ilmu, 15(2), 215-233 Retrieved from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1121925 Sihombing, H B M & Purba, M (2018) Improving students’pronunciation mastery through learning by using medias (English songs and English movies) Jurnal Darma Agung, 26(1), 591-599 Retrieved from http://jurnal.darmaagung.ac.id/index.php/jurnaluda/article/view/51 Supeno, (2008) Using songs to improve students’ pronunciation, TEFLIN International Conference, 65(1), 339-346 Retrieved from https://repositorio.una.ac.cr/bitstream/handle/11056/2606/recurso_701.pdf?sequence=1 ... secondary students? ?? pronunciation improvement in certain 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