Abstract:
This research measured the pronunciation and intonation skills of the Grade 5 pupils of Cabaroan Elementary School, Cervantes District during the School Year 2019-2020 and evaluated the use of tongue twisters to improve these said skills. The researcher used the quasi-experimental design where thirty Grade 5 pupils attended as the subjects of the study. Further, it used teacher-made test to gather the requisite data. Moreover, the Rubrics for Pronunciation (Published by the International Literacy Association and Wiley) activity especially in tongue twisters. Furthermore, the study used mean and t-test to treat the gathered data. There was a satisfactory level of performance in pronunciation and intonation of the respondents during the two groups who have undergone the preliminary evaluation as evidenced by the mean value of 18.00. Consequently, the respondents had a satisfactory level of performance as shown by 23.87 mean value in the two groups who have undergone the post test. It could be prominent that the given mean values contrast wherein the mean value of the post test is higher than the two groups who have undergone pretest. The mean totals (5.87) of the respondents in the two groups who have undergone pretest and in the two groups who have undergone post test had a significant difference which rejected the null hypothesis. The findings highlighted the use of tongue twisters to improve the pronunciation and intonation of the pupils. Finally, to recommend, English teachers may use tongue twisters to help improve the pronunciation and intonation skills of their learners and language teachers may adopt the use of tongue twisters in teaching the mother-tongue and Filipino language as a strategy to improve their pronunciation and intonation skills.

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Keywords: Pronunciation, Intonation, Level of Performance, Tongue Twisters, Quasi-Experimental Design, Teacher-Made Test