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English Thesis Ni Andrea
An Action Research
2019
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
Abstract
Pronunciation is the most neglected aspect of English. There are many reasons why
pronunciation is neglected, first, because it is hard to learn and teach. So the researchers
Inc. to test the students' pronunciation skill and to know if they are facing difficulties on
it. The researchers also wanted to know who faces more difficulties in pronunciation
among male and female respondents. The researchers also found out that you can’t learn
correct pronunciation by watching movies but it depends on the certain person on how to
cope, so the researchers also asked the respondents if they can learn correct pronunciation
through it.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
Acknowledgment
The researchers want to say a sincere thank you to the teachers, research critic and
research statistician who helped throughout the journey to accomplish the thesis.
To Almighty God who gave the researchers a strength to finish the thesis.
To the Grade 9 students who cooperated and gave their exert effort to answer the
questionnaires.
To the research adviser, Ms. Regine Lumbang, who guided and helped the researchers all
To the statistician, Ms. Patricia Anne Macasaquit, who also helped the researchers in the
Also to the advisers of Grade 9 students who let the researchers to conduct the survery
To Mrs. Haydee Manalo, School principal, who gave the researchers a permission to
Also to Mr. Jan Neru Bernas who also guided the researcher in making and
Table of Contents
Title Page……………………………………………………………………………..i
Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………ii
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….iii
CHAPER 1
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….1-4
CHAPTER 2
Research Problem……………………………………………………………………..5
Hypotheses……………………………………………………………………………5
CHAPTER 3
Methods……………………………………………………………………………….6
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….10
Recommendation……………………………………………………………………...10
CHAPTER 6
References……………………………………………………………………………..11
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
Introduction
Poor pronunciation skills can affect the studies of some students. Pronunciation is the
most important yet difficult problem that non-native English speakers have to face when
which is often neglected, probably due the fact that it is perceived to be difficult.
However, it is an area which learners need guidance. We all know that English is not a
phonetic language, which means that looking at the written word often doesn’t help
students say it. Pronunciation has always been perceived as a difficult area by teachers
and learners alike. Like listening, pronunciation is sometimes neglected in the process of
language teaching in favor of reading and writing, which are rather more likely to lead to
students. He states that, difficulties with pronunciation might mean that students fail to
get their messages across, even when the correct words are being used or they might fail
to understand what is being said to them. Incorrect pronunciation of words can lead to
imitation, Language teachers should take advantage of the children’s ability to imitate
quiet what they hear. Regards to this, it can be first step to engage children in to
According to Balboni (2012), it constitutes the energy responsible for the memorization
of new information and it is vital for the acquisitions of every of English. Meaning, the
teaching but to the person who is open for new learning. The interest of learning proper
As for Dawes and Iavarone (2013:82), it is vital that children received a good model of
pronunciation from the beginning of their foreign language. The person who surrounds
every child must teach them the aspects of pronunciation, so when they grow up, they
wouldn’t neglect pronunciation and they will know the importance of it at very young
age.
According to Lynda Yates and Beth Zeilinski (2009:11), pronunciation refers to how we
produce the sound that we use to make meaning when we speak. It includes the particular
consonants and vowels of a language (segments), aspects of speech beyond the level of
(suprasegmental aspects) and how the voice is projected (voice quality). Although we
often talk about these as they were separate, they all work on together in combination
when we speak, so that difficulties in one area may impact on another and it is the
According to Gilbert (2008:6), while it may be easy to see the benefit of good
listening comprehension. Students who are taught about English prosodic patterns often
Reggy Rayasa (2018) says, developing student’s pronunciation skills by using English
movies as a teaching media and investigating the student’s perception of the use English
watching movies. When you often watch English movies, you can adapt the correct
pronunciation of a particular word by the dialogues of the certain, not just pronunciation
Claimed by Cook (2008), a global language such as English faces the problem not just
the local variety of every country to teach but of which country to take as a model, if any.
Since English is the universal language, the non-speaking English will struggle a lot
during learning the English because simply they are not fluent. In discussing
pronunciation, English pronunciation always takes the place because it is the widely
spoken language but there are also a number of people who can’t speak in English.
requirements of learners’ competence and it is also one of the most important features of
promotes to great difficulties. The goal of pronunciation instruction is not to ask learners
to pronounce like native speakers. Instead intelligible pronunciation should be the real
English words, they have to change the way they think about the sounds of those words.
teaching. By means of it, it is really important to learn correct pronunciation because bad
pronunciation can result a failure for conveying the message and troubles in
communication.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
difficult for some reasons. Teachers are left without clear guidelines and are faced with
systematic method of deciding what to teach, when, and how to do it. As a result of these
problems, pronunciation instruction is less important and teachers are not very
Research Problems
This research work sought to answer the following question; 1.) Are the Grade 9 students
9 students and their demographic profile?; 3.) Do English movies really help the
pronunciation skills of some students? This study will be beneficial among grade 9
students of Magalang Christian Ecumenical School, Inc. This study aims to inform the
students that having a good pronunciation is a very good help and important when it
comes to communications skills. The following are the people who would benefit in this
particular study; to other teachers who could help and be enlightened in teaching the
Also to the other people who thinks pronunciation is just nonsense, this study will
enlighten them to eager the other children to learn correct pronunciation of words and
Hypotheses
between the Grade 9 students’ pronunciation and their demographic profile; Students
can’t learn correct pronunciation by watching movies due to different accents of some
Methods
To accomplish the objectives of the research study, the researchers used the descriptive
method which is concerned with the nature of the situations that occurs in the study. By
the use of this method, we can examine the respondent’s socio-demographic profile and
Respondents
The respondents of this research are the Grade 9 pupils of Magalang Christian
Instrument
The researchers will use a questionnaire as their research instrument test and determine
Procedure
The researchers will ask permission to the teachers before performing the actual survey
among the Grade 9 students. The researchers will be choosing ten students among every
section; the chosen students will be answering the following question in 30 minutes.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
Table 1.1 and 1.2 are showing the overall scores that the respondents got. In table 1.1, the
word ‘Chaos’, half of the respondents got the correct pronunciation of the certain word.
Also in table 1.2, almost of the respondents also got the correct pronunciation of the word
‘Hoax’. In the other words, especially ‘Prelude’ and ‘Either’, they got the lower score.
Meaning the Grade 9 students are really facing difficulties in pronunciation and they have
poor pronunciation skill. As the researchers observed, the respondents are basing on a
pronunciation they grew up with. Like the word ‘Chocolate’ and ‘Receipt’
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
The table 1.1 and 1.2 are showing the scores that the female respondents got. The only
correct pronunciation that they got is the word ‘Chaos’ in table 1.1 and ‘Hoax’ in table
1.2. It showing that the females are very familiar to the correct pronunciation of those
words by basing on the fact that the females respondents almost got the correct
The table 1.1 and table 1.2 are showing the total scores that the male respondents got.
Just like the female respondents, many of the male respondents only got the correct
Regards to this, the female respondents got the highest score among the male
respondents. This means, the male are the one who experiencing difficulties in
pronunciation than females. But in an overall score of the respondent, they got a lower
score, showing that the Grade 9 students are facing difficulties in pronunciation.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS
References
Conclusion
As a result, the grade 9 students are really facing difficulties on pronunciation. The
results are showing they have poor pronunciation skill. Also the males are facing more
difficulties in pronunciation than females. The respondents agreed that they can learn
correct pronunciation through watching movies but the overall results of their scores are
low so therefore the researchers can conclude that watching movies can’t really help
Recommendations
The researchers are recommending that the grade 9 students and other students should
prioritize also their pronunciation and shouldn’t neglect it. Also, do not rely on watching
pronunciation podcast. The teachers also need to teach their students the correct
pronunciation so that the student will be familiarized and put an effort to study
pronunciation. Also do not criticize if a person has poor pronunciation skill, instead
educated them.
EFFECTIVENESS OF PRONUNCIATION AMONG GRADE 9 STUDENTS