TEACHING DIPHTHONG SOUNDS THROUGH TONGUE TWISTER GAME

Abstract

This research aimsto proveifusing Tongue Twister is useful in teaching diphthong sounds to the eleventh grade students of Software Engineering Program at SMK Negeri 3 Palu. The writer applied a quasi-experimental research design which involved experimental group and control group. The sample of this research was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The samples of this research are class XI TRPL B as experimental group consisting of 29 students and class XI TRPL A as control group consisting of 24 students. In collecting the data, the writer gave pre-test and post-test to both classes. The data were analyzed statistically. The result of the data analysis shows that there is a significant difference between the experimental grouppre-test andpost-test results where the mean score of both tests in experimental group significantly improves from  57.54 to 68.10.It is also shown that the t-counted value (4.27) is higher than the t-table value (2.008) which indicates that the research hypothesis is accepted. In conclusion, tongue twister game is useful in teaching diphthong sounds.

Keywords: Diphthong Sounds; Tongue Twister Game