Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisa proses pengajaran pronunciation menggunakan lagu dan menentukan pengucapan fricatives consonants yang sulit bagi siswa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dengan desain triangulasi menggunakan instrument; observasi dan tes. Sampel dipilih dengan menggunakan probabiliti sampling acak sederhana. Pengajaran dan uji coba dilakukan di kelas. Data dianalisis dengan melihat hasil dari observasi dan tes. Hasil pengujian menunjukan bahwa proses pengajaran menggunakan lagu diterima dengan baik oleh siswa dan juga mereka memperbaiki pronunciation mereka dan siswa tetap menemukan kesulitan dalam mengucapkan kata-kata yang berisi fricatives consonants.
This research aims to analyze the process of teaching pronunciation through song and determine mispronounced friction/fricatives sounds that is done by the students. This qualitative descriptive employed triangulation with two kinds of Instruments; observation sheets and pronunciation test. One class is randomly taken as sample of the research by using lottery. Teaching and learning conducted in the sample class. The data were analyzed based on the result of observation and pronunciation test. The result of the research showed that the process of teaching pronunciation through song is well accepted by the students well and it can improve students pronunciation and the students still find difficulties in pronouncing the words containing fricatives consonants.
Key words: fricatives consonants, observation, pronunciation tes
