THE USE OF MACROMEDIA “PHONICS 1A”SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ PRONOUNCIATION ABILITY (A Classroom Action Research of the First Grade Students of SMK Diponegoro Salatiga in the Academic Years of 2015/2016)

Lathifah, Aris (2017) THE USE OF MACROMEDIA “PHONICS 1A”SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ PRONOUNCIATION ABILITY (A Classroom Action Research of the First Grade Students of SMK Diponegoro Salatiga in the Academic Years of 2015/2016). Other thesis, IAIN Salatiga.

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ABSTRACT Lathifah, Aris. 2015. “The Use of Macromedia “Phonics 1a” Software to Improve The Students’ Pronunciation Ability”(A Classroom Action Research of The First Grade Students in SMK Diponegoro Salatiga in The Academic Years of 2015/2016), A Graduating Paper, English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, State Institute of Islamic Studies, Salatiga. Consultant: Ari Setiawan, S. Pd. M.M This Research is aimed to know how to apply the macromedia “phonics 1a” software to improve the students’ pronunciation ability, is the use of macromedia “phonics 1a” software can improve the students’ pronunciation ability, and what the strenght and weakness of using macromedia “phonics 1a” software. This research is based on the last observation result that the students have been active their pronunciation learning by using macromedia “phonics 1a” software. This research is categorized as Classroom Action Research (CAR). It is carried out to solve the student’s problem in used in improving the students’ English Pronunciation. The CAR design that used in this research is Kemmis and McTaggart’s design, it consist of two cycles, those are: cycle 1 and cycle 2. Every cycle consists of four phases, those are: plan, act, observe, and reflect. The subject of this research is the students of first grade of SMK Diponegoro Salatiga. In collecting the data, this research uses observation, interview, and test. Based on the result and the discussion of this research, it can be said that the use of macromedia “phonics 1a” software to improve the students’ pronunciation ability is success since the criteria of success were achieved. The criterion of success that has been agreed by the teacher and researcher is if the improvement from pre-test to post-test is 30%. And the result is 44,85% improvement of students’ mean score from pre-test result to post-test. Besides, the significant improvement can be seen from the students’ response to teacher’s performance. They seem more active during teaching learning activity. Based on the result that is mention before, the writer suggests that the English teacher should implement “phonics 1a” software in order to improve the students’ pronunciation ability. Key words: Macromedia, “Phonics 1a” software, Pronunciation Ability, Classroom Action Research.

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