Teaching Pronunciation Through Songs
Research Methodology in Language Teaching
Prof. Dr. H.M. Basri Wello, M.A.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Teaching Pronunciation Through Songs at Cokroaminoto University Palopo of The Sixth Semester Students
Nisma
12B01144
Class C
PASCASARJANA UNM
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012-2013
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Language is a tool to convey message and express our feelings to other people. As international language, English has an important function in absorbing science, technology, art, and culture, even in establishing relationship with other nation in the world. In our country, Indonesia, English is the first foreign language. That is why this language plays a greater role in our life. We must know this language well in order to avoid misunderstanding among us.
There are four skills in learning language. They are writing skill, listening skill, reading skill, and speaking skill. These can be developed from four language components: structure, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. Those skills and components cannot be separated because they support and relate to each other.
Speaking is the productive skill in the oral mode. It, like the other skills, is more complicated than it seems. To speak, we create sounds using many parts of our body, including the lungs, vocal tract, vocal chords, tongue, teeth and lips. How to create sounds using our organ of speech is a study about pronounciation.
Pronunciation is very important to be learnt because if non native speakers like Indonesian students have very bad pronunciation they will not be able to be understood by people when they speak in English. So, as speakers they must have good pronunciation to communicate orally in order to avoid misunderstanding each other. At English Department of Cokroaminoto University Palopo, many student differences in making correct pronunciation of English word. Sometime, them pronounce /fæt/ instead of /væt/, pronounce /bief/ instead of /biep/, pronounce /’kɒfi/
Prof. Dr. H.M. Basri Wello, M.A.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Teaching Pronunciation Through Songs at Cokroaminoto University Palopo of The Sixth Semester Students
Nisma
12B01144
Class C
PASCASARJANA UNM
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
2012-2013
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Language is a tool to convey message and express our feelings to other people. As international language, English has an important function in absorbing science, technology, art, and culture, even in establishing relationship with other nation in the world. In our country, Indonesia, English is the first foreign language. That is why this language plays a greater role in our life. We must know this language well in order to avoid misunderstanding among us.
There are four skills in learning language. They are writing skill, listening skill, reading skill, and speaking skill. These can be developed from four language components: structure, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. Those skills and components cannot be separated because they support and relate to each other.
Speaking is the productive skill in the oral mode. It, like the other skills, is more complicated than it seems. To speak, we create sounds using many parts of our body, including the lungs, vocal tract, vocal chords, tongue, teeth and lips. How to create sounds using our organ of speech is a study about pronounciation.
Pronunciation is very important to be learnt because if non native speakers like Indonesian students have very bad pronunciation they will not be able to be understood by people when they speak in English. So, as speakers they must have good pronunciation to communicate orally in order to avoid misunderstanding each other. At English Department of Cokroaminoto University Palopo, many student differences in making correct pronunciation of English word. Sometime, them pronounce /fæt/ instead of /væt/, pronounce /bief/ instead of /biep/, pronounce /’kɒfi/
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