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Improving Students\u27 Pronunciation by Listening to the Audio Visual and Its Transcription of the Narrative Text

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This research aimed to improve students\u27 pronunciation by listening to the audio visual and its transcription of the narrative text of eight grade students of SMP S Khatulistiwa Jungkat in academic year 2013/2014. The writer applied Classroom Action Research which consisted of three cycles. The subject of this research was the second year students of class eight of SMP S Khatulistiwa Jungkat. They consist of 23 students. The data was collected using observation checklist, questionnaire, field notes, and tape recorder. Audio visual media and its transcription improved students\u27 pronunciation in each cycle and process of teaching and learning pronunciation. The audio visual was played several times and the students repeated by reading the transcription of the narrative text based on the audio. The transcription had been added with symbols to help the students to read the text based on the audio. The repetition of the audio and the transcription of the narrative text helped the students to improve their pronunciation. Audio visual and its transcription helped and encouraged students to learn pronunciation. In conclusion, audio visual and its transcription helped students\u27 improved their pronunciation

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