THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ELSA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPEECH ASISSTANT AS A MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION SKILL AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMPN 18 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2023/2024

Abstract

People who speak with good pronunciations are more confident and easy to hear. In many cases, however, the pronunciation skills were disregarded by teachers. It can be argued, for instance, that the students themselves and teachers' capacities are almost entirely to blame for their low level of competence. These difficulties can be solved by the use of appropriate learning media. ELSA is a media for teaching the language and attracting young learners. Therefore, this research aimed to find out whether using ELSA application in teaching pronunciation is effective or not. The data was taken on the eighth grade students of SMP N 18 Purworejo in the academic year of 2023/2024. In order to achieve the aim of this study, the researcher used quantitative and quasi experimental research design. The researcher used test as the instrument. In collecting data, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test to the both groups. Treatment was given to the experimental class using ELSA while the control class was taught without using ELSA. The finding shows the asyimp. Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.000. The researcher used the significant level 0.05. The computation shows that the asyimp Sig. (2-tailed) value was less than 0.05 (0.000<0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of ELSA application in teaching pronunciation on the eighth grade students of SMP N 18 Purworejo in the academic year of 2023/2024 is effective.