Speechace to facilitate students' pronunciation accuracy in the English class: an exploratory study

Accuracy in English pronunciation often becomes a challenge for Indonesian EFL. This research used exploratory design that investigated by using FGD, interview, and questionnaire found the role of Speechace to facilitate SMAN 15 students’ pronunciation accuracy in the English class include 5 main roles and 3 minor roles. The main roles of Speechace include (1) Engaging students’ interest in pronunciation (2) Giving positive vibe to the students in learning pronunciation accuracy (3) To be a self-learning digital media about pronunciation for the students (4) To be a new digital media to learn pronunciation for the students (5) Strengthening students’ other skill except pronunciation skill. Speechace minor roles are (1) Teaching pronunciation to the students (2) Correcting students’ pronunciation (3) To be a mediator of pronunciation knowledge resources for the students. The Speechace features that are facilitating SMAN 15 students’ pronunciation accuracy are Vowels, Speaking, Simple Present Tense, Consonant and Fluency, and the last is Long Paragraph and Listening. SMAN 15 students’ challenges in using Speechace are including internet connection, mic sensitivity, and less accuracy of the correction given by the website.