Accurate and clear pronunciation plays a major role in language learning in order to communicate verbally in target language. Most secondary students in Malaysia still face difficulty in pronouncing English words correctly even though they have learned English as a second language for at least six years. This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of using animated film in enhancing pronunciation and also explore its influence towards learner’s motivation. A mixed method action research is used to obtain both quantitative and qualitative data. Pre-test and post-test are carried out and a paired T-test is run with SPSS to investigate the effectiveness of the teaching method towards different phonetic groups. Meanwhile, a semi-structured interview is conducted with 16 participants to identify their confidence level in word pronuncing . Results show that there are significant improvements in pronouncing ‘words with voiced and unvoiced consonant’, ‘words that look alike’ and ‘words with silent letter’ but not in ‘words with short and long vowel’ and ‘words with more than two syllables.’ It indicates that the effects of animated film in pronunciation teaching are varied towards different categories of word due to several factors. Thus, educators have to be aware of the factors that diminish the effectiveness of intervention used and overcome them for better teaching and learning process.
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To Cite this Article: Liew, H. S., & Aziz, A. A. (2022). The Effects of Animated Film on Esl Learner’s Pronunciation in Secondary Education Context. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(9), 1181– 1191.
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