language learner will have problems in understanding a language and expressing his ideas.

Talking about pronunciation mastery, the first thing that should be explained is the definitions of

mastery since the primary goal of pronunciation, which is mastery. According to Allen (2000), mastery

is skill or knowledge that makes one master of a subject. The Dictionary (1989) also defines that mastery

is the skill or knowledge of master. From the definitions stated previously, mastery is someone’s skill or

knowledge of a subject. Subject in this case is pronunciation in a foreign language, which is learnt by

students.

sound stress pattern, intonation may convey meaning. The non-native speakers of English who speak

English have to be very careful in pronouncing some utterances or he may create misunderstanding. So,

having an intelligible pronunciation is necessary rather than having a native-like pronunciation.

According to Lado (1964), pronunciation is the use of sound system in speaking and listening. Here

pronunciation is merely treated as the act that happens in speaking and listening, Lado does not mention

how sounds are produced.

can also be said that it is a way of speaking a word, particularly a way that is accepted or generally

understood. In the sense, pronunciation entails in the production and reception of sounds of speech and

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balance of skills and knowledge is needed to produce quality human beings who will continue until the

development of the 21

the learning process.

The development of critical thinking is included in most conversations related to developing “21

century skills”. The main work of critical thinking skills today is understood in solving problems that

arise in the context of discovery or investigation. As a result, the development of this critical capacity is

to Bailey (2006) stated that speaking is the productive aural/oral skill which consists of producing

systematic verbal utterances to convey meaning. Meanwhile according Dessales

(http://www.infres.enst.fr) speaking is the process of expressing thought, idea or feeling in the form of

spoken language. Based on the definitons above, speaking is the process of conveying meaning,

expressing idea and feeling through verbal utterances at any situations and in various contexts.

Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving and

processing information. Its form and meaning are dependent on the context in which it occurs, including

the participants themselves, their collective experiences, the physical environment, and the purposes for

speaking. Speaking requires that learners not only know how to produce specific points of language such

as grammar, pronunciation, or vocabulary (linguistic competence), but also they understand when, why

and in what ways to produce language (sociolinguistic competence).

variable Y as the dependent variable (EFL students’ speaking skill). The method used is a survey with

multiple-co relational technique.

that has quality and certain characteristic determined to be analyzed and then made a conclusion by

researcher. Furthermore, Fraenkel and Norman (2003) find out that population is the larger group to

which one hopes to apply the results. In other words, it is the group of interest to the researcher, the

group to whom the researcher would like to generalize the results of the study. Population in this research

is EFL’s students from all major at IPB Cirebon. Frankael and Norman (2003), sampling refers to the

process of selecting individuals. Sample in research study refers to any group on which formation is

school selected randomly as a cluster and regarded that they have an equal position for relevant

While testing the significance of the regression line which is calculated by taking into account the

then H

coefficient is significant, in other words there is a significant effect of free variables X

bound variable Y. Sig value is the number listed on Sig column in Table 3. F

value is the number

listed in column F in Table 3. While F

value is the value of F distribution table for the real level 5%

is significant. In other words, that there is a significant influence free variables Pronunciation Mastery

(X

) and Critical Thinking (X

) jointly on EFL Students’ Speaking Skill (Y).

significant effect of variables Pronunciation Mastery (X

Based on Table 4 and equations on multiple regression show that the statistics hypothesis H

ceteris paribus, or critical thinking 0.344.

Based on Table 4 above and the multiple regression equation shows that the statistical hypothesis

H

) to the variable EFL Students’ Speaking Skill (Y) is

rejected because the value t

means that the research hypothesis which states that there is influence of Critical Thinking (X

variable EFL Students’ Speaking Skill is accepted.

has crucial in meaning. So having an intelligible pronunciation is necessary rather than having a native-

like pronunciation. It means that pronunciation plays an important role in delivering the meaning of a

language, since the product of this act is language or word or sound. As a result, pronunciation mastery

is the student’s ability in uttering the words / sentences within a content, functional words, idioms or

phrasal verbs which all can be enriched by giving a test about the words stress, sound and intonation.

Improving pronunciation is an important skill for students to learn, as it helps make sure that a word

/sentence will be fully understood generally. Proper pronunciation makes the flow of information more

difficult to understand, and unintelligible to listen. It will help the other speaker understands what the

person is trying to say while helping to make the sentence more sounds natural and widely accepted. To

improve students speaking skill, one must first understand possible problems with pronunciation so that