THE EFFECT OF READING ALOUD STRATEGY TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION FOR THE FIRST GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AL-MANAR MEDAN

Abstract

This research aimed to increase students' English pronunciation through reading aloud strategy forthe first grade of senior high school“Al-Manar” Medan. This strategy provided opportunities for students to read the text aloud. This type of research was Experimental Design by using two classes as Experimental class and Control class.This research was conducted in 3 meetings. The data collection instrument in this research was a reading test using an announcement text. The data obtained were analyzed by quantitative analysis using the SPSS program to calculate and determine the validity of the data obtained. Based on data analysis, the number of Pre-Test and Post-Test scores differed in the Experimental class (which received the Reading Aloud treatment). In the Experimental class, the total number of Post-Test scores was 1336 and the mean value was 74.2, while the total number of Post-Test scores in the Control class was 1174 and the mean value was 65.2. By that, the pronunciation score of students in the Experimental class was higher than the pronunciation scores of students in the Control class.After analyzing the data using the SPSS program, it was found that the significant value (Sig.) was0.000 <0.05, which meant the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. By that, the conclusion of this researchwas that there was a significant effect of implementing the reading aloud strategy to increase pronunciation skills for students class I of Al-MAnar high school, Medan Johor sub-district.