IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION BY USING ENGLISH CONVERSATION APPLICATION AT SMAN 13 BULUKUMBA

Abstract

This study aimed to determine whether there is an effectiveness of an increase in the pronunciation skills of class X Mipa 1 students of SMAN 13 Bulukumba by using the English Conversation application. This study used a pre-experimental method with one group pre-test research design and a post-test design with a quantitative approach. The population of this research is the tenth grade students. The sample of this research was students of class X Mipa 1 which consisted of 30 students. In analyzing the data, the writer used the SPSS windows application. After analyzing the research data, the author concluded that using the English Conversation application could improve students' pronunciation skills. This can be seen in the pre-test and post-test mean scores. The mean score of the pre-test was 51.33 and the post-test was 80.73. In addition, the significance value is calculated as 0.000. Therefore, based on these results it can be said that H1 is accepted.