THE APPLICATION OF WEB-BASED LEARNING MEDIA IN PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE THROUGH SONGS AND GAMES

Pronunciation practice is an important aspect of speaking and listening skill in the higher education. Verbal learning such as English pronunciation practice requires the availability of effective learning media. The absence of the learning media may lead to frequent inaccuracy in speaking, spelling, and repetition. Therefore, the idea to use songs and games in the class is very important to increase the effectivity of learning pronunciation. Songs and games will help verbal English lesson more meaningful and induce learning activities to be more fun. The research purposes are to describe and to develop the application of web-based learning media in Pronunciation Practice through songs and games, in English Education Program, Faculty of Language and Arts, Indraprasta PGRI University. This research belongs to Research and Development: requires an analysis, develops syllabus and teaching materials, creates and develops e-learning, tries and revises the media. The research result is by applying a sound table together with songs and games provided on PROTATIK (Program Tabel Fonetik in Indonesian), the students? attention is increasing, and they are more enthusiastic in learning English pronunciation. Besides pronunciation, the students can also master some new vocabularies, spelling and simple words. Through songs and games, the students can also memorize and say simple words in English. The application of sound table, songs and games media which can be found in www.protatik.com also helps lecturers in teaching. Songs and games are expected to become the appropriate teaching media for the students.