problem,techniques ,tips, and solution on learning pronunciation

Definition, pronunciation refers to theway a word or a language is spoken, or the manner in which someone utter a word.
Problem
• Tidak mengetahui cara melafalkan dengan tepat
• Tidak mengetahui intonasi dalam pelafalan
• Kurangnya fasilitas yang mendukung untuk belajar pronunciation
Techniques
• Learn thefollowing rules concerning pronunciation
• English is concidered a stressed language while many other languageare considered syllabic
• In other language, suchas french or italian,each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length)
• English pronunciation focuses on specific stressed word while quickly gliding over the other, non stressed, words
• Stressed wordare considered content words
• Non stressed words are considered function words
• Readthe following sentece aloud
• Notice that the first sentence actually takes about thesame time to speak well
• Even though the second sentence is approximately 30% longer than the first, the sentence take the same time to speak. This is because there are 5 stressed wordsin each sentence.
• Write down a few sentence, or take a few example sentence from a book or exercise
• First undeline the stressed word, then read aloud focussing on stressing the underlined words and glidingover thenon stressed words
• Be surprised at how qickly your pronunciation improves
• By foccusing on stressed words,non stressed words and syllables take on their more muted nature
• When listening to the native speaker, focus on how those speakers stress certain words and begin to copy this
• Remember that non stressed words and syllables are often ‘swallowed’ in english
• Always focus on pronuncing stressedwordswell, non stressed wordscan be glided over
• Don’t focus on pronuncing each word. Focus on the stressed words in each sentence.

Tips
• Watch english movies
• Listen to english music
• Read english texts
• Listen to radio
• Don’t be self concious
• Try to speak english with native speaker and friends
Solution
• Berlatih terus menerus untuk meningkatkan kepekaan kita pada setiap kata dalam bahasa inggris
• Menghafalkan vocabulary untuk memperbanyak perbendaharaan kata karena sangat membantu sekali dalam mempelajari pronunciation
• Belajar media elektonik, misalny tape recorder, kita bisa suara kita kemudian mendengarkannya kembali dan mengoreksi bagian mana yang salah, kemudian mengulanginya
• Meningkatkan motivasi kita untuk belajar, baik motivasi secara eksternal maupun internal
• Meningkatkan kepercayaan diri kita, agar tidak malu untuk berlatih di depan umum
• Mencari kata yang sulit di kamus, kemudian mencoba mengucapakannya sesuai dengan yang tertera di kamus tersebut