THE EFFECT OF USING PRONUNCIATION APPLICATION ON STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION AT SMP ISLAM TERPADU WAHDAH ISLAMIYAH MAKASSAR

Abstract

Technology-based teaching materials are urgently needed give the rapid development of technology today. the importance of current technology in the field of education encourages this research to be carried out, so this research is here to carry out the implementation stage of a technology-based teaching material, namely the Pronunciation Application. This research used a pre-experimental type of research. The population used was all seventh-grade students of SMP Wahdah Islamiyah Makassar consisting of 94 students. The sample in this research was seventh-grade students consisting of 32 students using technique random sampling. Data collection techniques in this research used pre-test and post-test. The results showed that the pretest had a mean score of 61.22. Then, after treatment, it was shown that the post-test had a mean score of 74.28. The results of the data analyzed using the independent T-test showed that Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 lower than 0.05 so (Ha) is accepted and (Ho) is rejected. Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that the Pronunciation Application can improve pronunciation performance for the seventh-grade students of SMP Islam Terpadu wahdah Islamiyah Makassar.