Designing a set of English pronunciation materials for radio Masdha FM announcers
Maria Alina Putri Rejeki · Universitas Sanata Dharma Repository (Universitas Sanata Dharma) · 2016
This study was intended to design a set of pronunciation materials for the announcers of Radio Masdha FM.The design was aimed to help the announcers to learn how to read phonetic symbols provided in the dictionary and to help the announcers to learn English pronunciation so that the announcers are able to pronounce English words correctly.This study was conducted to answer the two research questions.The first question dealt with how a set of pronunciation materials for Radio Masdha FM announcers is designed.The second question dealt with what a set of pronunciation materials for Radio Masdha FM announcers looks like.In order to answer the first research question, the writer adapted Kemp's instructional design model and Dick, Carey and Carey's instructional model.From Kemp's and Dick, Carey and Carey's instructional design model, the writer adapted some steps.The steps are (1) identifying the needs of the learner, (2) identifying the learner and context, (3) identifying the instructional goals, (4) sequencing the content, (4) developing the instructional materials, (6) conducting the formative evaluation, and (7) revising the instructional materials.In designing the instructional materials, the writer also paid attention to the factors affecting pronunciation learning and the techniques for teaching pronunciation.In order to answer the second research question, the writer presented the designed materials which consisted of 6 units.The first unit was introducing the English phonetic symbols.The rest of the units consisted of three parts namely: Say it!, Compare them! , and Try it!.The writer hoped that the designed materials will help the announcers of Radio Masdha FM to pronounce English words better than before and therefore the announcers can improve the quality of their service to the listeners.