TEACHING PRONUNCIATION TO DIFFERENTIATE THE STRESS POSITION OF NOUNS AND VERBS THROUGH CREATED RECORDING

The objective of this research was to improve the pronunciation of the eighth grade students of SMP Al-Khairat 1Palu through created recording. This was a pre-experimental research involving one group where the pre-test and post-test design was used. The techniques used to collect the data were observation, interview and test. Observation and interview were used to gather information dealing with the students during the teaching and learning process, while the test was done to find out the students’ improvement in pronunciation after the media was used. Based on the result of the test, there was a difference between the mean values of the pre-test and the post-test. It was proved by the t-counted value of 18.82 that was higher than the t-table value 1.70. It means that teaching pronunciation through the use of created recording can improve the students’ pronunciation.Keywords: pronunciation, supra segmental, word stress, created recording