IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION THROUGH ISLAMIC ENGLISH MOVIE AS LEARNING MEDIA

Abstract

Pitriyeh,2024. Improving Students’ Pronunciation Through Islamic English Movie As Learning Media. Faculty of Tarbiyah And Teacher Training, English Tadris Study Program, State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Pontianak, Academic Year 2023/2024 Even though junior high school students ha d a large vocabulary, they still struggle with pronunciation, particularly when it c ame to English pronunciation. The reason for this is that students hardly ever hear the proper English pronunciation as spoken by native speakers. The goal of the research was to enhance students' pronunciation by using Islamic English movie as instructional materials. The primary goal of this study was to examine the pronunciation proficiency of SMP Daru l Ulum Kuala Mandor B and determine whether or not students could benefit from using Islamic English movie as learning resources to improve their pronunciation. The researcher attempted to investigate whether using Islamic English movies as instructional m aterials could help students become more proficient in pronouncing words correctly. Two cycles of cl assroom action research (CAR) were carried out in this study by the researcher. Planning, acting, observing, and reflecting were the steps in each cycle. Fifteen students in the eight grade at SMP Darul Ulum Ku ala Mandor B participated as the research subjects. The researcher used observation, documentation, and t ests (pre --, post --, and post test I and II) to gather data. Together with the English teacher at SMP Darul Ulum Kuala Mandor B Kubu Raya Regency, the research was carried out. The study's findings demonstrated that teaching students to pronounce words correctly using Islamic English movies as learning resources improved the pronunciation of eight grade students at SMP Darul Ulum Kuala Mandor B Kubu Raya Regency. The average score of the students from the pre te st to the post test serve d as evidence. The pre test average score was 52,6, the post test I average was 63, and the post test II average was 71,93. Thus, watching English language films with subtitles c ould he lp students become more proficient in pronouncing words correctly.