Web Online: Empowering the Student’s Pronunciation

Abstract

As  an  important component in the  context  of  teaching
EFL, pronunciation is considered as one of the core language parts
in the achievement of successful learning English. Pronunciation
plays  an  important  role  in  conducting the  students how  to  speak
some  English  words  appropriately. Some students are often
interfered  by English  pronunciation. They  are  difficult  to  define
how  to  pronounce English  words  well.  On  the  other  hand,  by
pronouncing  English  words accurately,  the  students can  expand
their  communication  efficiency.  Helping  the  students  hear  and
produce English sounds is one of main tasks of English teachers to
develop the students’ English competence.
This  research  aimed at investigating how  to  teach  English
pronunciation through Web Online. The research was conducted to
the eleventh graders of vocational high school in Academic Year of
2015/2016. This research was Classroom Action Research (CAR).
The implementation  of  the  technique  was  carried  out  in  six
meetings in two cycles (each cycle was three meetings). The results
of  the  research  showed  that  there  were:  (1) improvement  of  the
students’ mean  score in pronunciation test.  It  indicated that Web
Online brought positive  improvement  on  students’  pronunciation.
(2)  Improvement  of  the students’  involvement  during  the  process
of learning  English.  By  analyzing  the  data  of  questionnaire  and
observation checklist, the  researchers found  that  most  of  the
students  had  positive  response  in  learning  pronunciation. Derived
from  the  findings,  it  can  be concluded  that Web  Online has
improved the students’  pronunciation in  the  process  of  learning
English.  It  theoretically and  practically  helps  students  pronounce
English words better.