This research was aimed to solve the difficulty in learning pronunciation. Thus, it answered the research questions (1) How was the implementation of using sephonics software for teaching pronunciation?(2) Was there any improvement of students’ pronunciation after being taught using sephonics software? The participant of this research was the 3rd semester students of ELT Department of Education Faculty that consisted of 28 students. It was a classroom action research that had two cycles. The methods of data collection were test and observation in all cycles. This study showed that: (1) the first thing that the teacher needed to do to use this software as a teaching aid was that he or she must conduct the class in a language laboratory. If it was not possible, the teacher could conduct the class in a regular classroom by providing several computers or laptops. Then, the students must be grouped based on the number of the computers. The second thing was that this was CALL learning based; the teacher might explain how to use the software in order that the students could practice by themselves outside of class schedule. (2) After collecting data, it was found that it had very significant improvement in cycle 1 and cycle 2. It meant that the research was successful to improve the students’ pronunciation abilities. In conclusion, Sephonics software was successful to facilitate students’ pronunciations.

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