Indonesian EFL Journal (IEFLJ) Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2019 p-ISSN 2252-7427, e-ISSN 2541-3635 https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/IEFLJ/index 45 THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SONG USING SMULE APPLICATION Himatul Khoiriyah English Education Department, Faculty of Education, University of Technology Yogyakarta, Indonesia E-mail: matul.hima@gmail.com Ahmad Mustamir Waris Tadris Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Tarbiyah, IAIN Manado, Indonesia E-mail: ahmadmustamirwaris@gmail.com Juhansar English Education Department, Faculty of Education, University of Technology Yogyakarta, Indonesia E-mail: juhansar@uty.ac.id APA Citation: Khoiriyah, H., Waris, A. M., & Juhansar, J. (2018). The students‟ achievement in pronouncing English song using Smule application. Indonesian EFL Journal, 5(1), 45-58. doi: 10.25134/ieflj.v5i1.1610. Received: 19-09-2018 Accepted: 21-11-2018 Published: 01-01-2019 Abstract: The development of science and technology forces academics to be more creative in the teaching- learning process to achieve a better quality of education. Smule application as a part of science and technology development should be used effectively and creatively as a tool in that process especially in English education field. Therefore, this research aims at describing the students‟ achievement in pronouncing English song using Smule application and finding out the factors influencing students‟ achievement in pronouncing English song using Smule application. This research used quantitative data with descriptive statistical approach. The data were collected through English pronunciation test and questionnaire. The English pronunciation test was used to collect the data related to students‟ English pronunciation achievement and the questionnaire was used to find out the factors influencing students‟ English pronunciation achievement. The results showed that the mean score of students‟ achievement in pronouncing English song using Smule application was 3.81 or almost good. It was influenced by the low frequency in practicing pronunciation, the difficulty to balance singing karaoke and music instruments on fast song tempo, and the lack of using Smule application to sing karaoke. Keywords: achievement; English song; pronunciation; smule application; university students. INTRODUCTION Pronunciation is important in communication. Yet, there are some students choose to speak nothing because they do not know what to say and do not have confidence to produce the correct English pronunciation unlike writing where students are expressing and developing idea in a written form not in spoken form (Utami, Pabbajah, & Juhansar, 2018, p. 115). If these happen for a long time, they will never build a good communication in English. A communication will run well when someone can use language properly by combining and synthesizing facts and ideas (Juhansar, et al., 2016, p. 88). As Backley (2015) said, the listener sometimes makes quick judgment about the speaker‟s pronunciation. If the pronunciation is poor, so it can break the overall language level. It indicates that we cannot omit those pronunciation features to deliver a clear and a good communication. To understand English pronunciation well, students need to practice it more and more. To practice English pronunciation, students can use English song. Song is sound