Using Audio Lingual Method to Improve Students Pronunciation Ability of Darul Mahdiah Private School

Abstract

This study aims at finding out how the use Audio Lingual Method through
Repetition Drill Technique improves Thai students’ pronunciation ability. This
is a Classroom Action Research (CAR) conducted in Darul Mahdiah private
school Songkhla-Thailand. The subjects of the study are 16 Thai students of
class 6/2 at the school. The data were collected from pronunciation tests and
analyzed by using percentages analysis. The result of the students’ pronunciation
improvement was as follows; in the pre-pronunciation test the students’
pronunciation score was 0% (excellent), 0% (very good), 31.25% (good), 31.25%
(low) and 37.5% (failed), in the cycle 1 post test the score was 0% (excellent),
14.29% (very good), 50% (good), 21.42% (low) and 14.29% (failed), and the
score of the cycle 2 post test was 6.25% (excellent), 37.5% (very good), 43.75%
(good), 12.5% (low) and 0% (failed). This leads to the conclusion that the
students’ improved pronunciation was due to the two reasons; first, the students’
pronunciation ability improved through repetition drill since they got used to
pronounce words intelligibly as what the teacher modeled.
Keywords: audio lingual method, repetition drill, pronunciation, thai students