The Effectiveness of Using Tell Me More to Assist Teaching Pronunciation of English Viewed from Students’ Self Confidence  

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Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 61st TEFLIN International Conference : English Language Curriculum Development: Implications for Innovations in Language Policy and Planning, Pedagogical Practices, and Teacher Professional Development, Solo, 7 - 9 October 2014, page 942-945 .
Topik: Tell Me More; Rosetta Stone; pronunciation; self-confidence; experimental study
Fulltext: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING TELL ME MORE.pdf (8.1MB)

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An important part of learning a new language is to pay great attention to pronunciation. Tell Me More is language learning software by Auralog which offers the students a diverse set of pronunciation activities with high levels of interaction and fully engaging the student in the learning process. Tell Me More enables the teacher to have more quality time in the classroom. The objective of this research is to identify whether Tell Me More is better than Rosetta Stone to assist teaching pronunciation of English. This experimental research was carried out to University students of English Department. The population was the second semester students. Two classes taken in this research were the experimental class and the control class. The independent variables are the use of teaching media and the attributive factor is students’ self-confidence while the dependent variable is pronunciation skill. Results: (1) Tell Me More is more effective than Rosetta Stone to assist teaching pronunciation of English; (2) students having high self-confidence have better pronunciation skill than students having low self-confidence; and (3) there is an interaction between the media used and students’ self-confidence in teaching pronunciation. Tell Me More is more effective than Rosetta Stone in teaching pronunciation for students having high and low self-confidence.

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