The Effectiveness of Shadowing Technique in Improving English Pronunciation of First-Semester Students at Universitas Maarif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen
Keywords:
shadowing technique, pronunciation improvement, score category, quantitaive, EFL learnersAbstract
This study investigates the effectiveness of the shadowing technique in improving the English pronunciation of first-semester students in the English Department at Universitas Maarif Nahdlatul Ulama (UMNU) Kebumen. Sixteen students participated in four shadowing-based sessions, where they listened to and mimicked native English speakers. Pronunciation performance was assessed before and after the treatment using five criteria: intelligibility, fluency, accuracy, intonation, and stress. Rather than applying a t-test, the study employed a qualitative scoring interpretation approach based on (Purwanto, 2009)classification to categorize students' scores. Results revealed a notable shift in performance categories, indicating that shadowing effectively enhanced students' pronunciation proficiency.
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