THE UTILIZATION OF REPETITION DRILL OF AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD FOR TEACHING PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH VOWELS

Abstract

Pronunciation is one of the most important indicators of speaking and listening skill. It can
change the meaning of words and sentences when they are mispronounced. The features of
pronounciation can be devided into two such as segmental and supra segmental features.
Segmental features consist of vowels and consonant while supra segmental features consist of
stress, intonation, and connected speech. The research was conducted at Madiun State
Polytechnic. The participants are the students of englis study program B class consisting of
27 students in the academic year of 2018/2019. The Method of this research was Repetition
Drill of Audio-lingual Method. The aims of this research are; 1)to know that Repetition Drill
of Audio-lingual Method can improve the students’ pronunciation of English vowels and 2) to
descibe the process of teaching and learning activities of english pronunciation through
Repetition Drill of Audio-lingual Method. The qualitative and quantitative data were used in
this research. Qualitative data were taken from the scores of the pre-test of 27 students from
B class and all cycles of the research. The qauntitative data were taken through the
observation, interview, and questionnaire. Based on findings, discussions, and conclusions,
The Repetition Drill of Audio-lingual Method is recomended to improve the english vowels
pronunciation of the Second Semester of English Study Program of Madiun State Polytechnic
in the Academic Year of 2018/2019.
Keywords: Repetition Drill, Audio-lingual Method, Pronunciation, Vowels.