TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO FIRST YEAR OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH CHILDREN ENGLISH SONG
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
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DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v7i1.8804
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Abstract
This paper is aimed to discuss about the use of children English song to teach pronunciation to first year of junior high school students. It is known, Junior high school students just learn English; they may have some difficulties in the process of learning. Feeling difficult to pronounce word in English can be one of those problems. In order to solve this problem, teacher should have good solution to help their students. One of the solutions that can use by the teacher is using Children English song as the media to teach pronunciation. Teaching pronunciation through children English song help the students to be familiar with the English pronunciation, they can also imitate how the singer’s pronounce word in English. So that, the students can makes their pronunciation better. Learning pronunciation by using song also make the students motivated to learn because it is fun and enjoyable.
Key Words: Song, Pronunciation, Children English Song
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