PELATIHAN PENGUCAPAN DAN PENGEJAAN BAHASA INGGRIS: SPELLING BEE FOR BEGINNERS DI SD NEGERI 61 LUBUKLINGGAU

Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat (PKM) implementation was carried out to improve students' English pronunciation skill at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau. The basis for carrying out this activity was the activity participants as PKM objects were in their golden age as the right target for learning the language. At the golden age, elementary school students can absorb English material more quickly, especially orally. Class II and III students were chosen as targets. The characteristics of students aged 7 to 9 years were categorized as children who were brilliant at learning languages using all methods. Furthermore, the development of digitalization is rapidly entering all elements of society, including education. Which, everything is in English. The demand to communicate using English is also the most important reason for implementing PKM activities at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau. The spelling bee learning method was used as an effort so that students were able to pronounce and spell words and sentences correctly. Through spelling bee activities, students can improve linguistic, emotional and communication intelligence


ABSTRACT
Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat (PKM) implementation was carried out to improve students' English pronunciation skill at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau.The basis for carrying out this activity was the activity participants as PKM objects were in their golden age as the right target for learning the language.At the golden age, elementary school students can absorb English material more quickly, especially orally.Class II and III students were chosen as targets.The characteristics of students aged 7 to 9 years were categorized as children who were brilliant at learning languages using all methods.Furthermore, the development of digitalization is rapidly entering all elements of society, including education.Which, everything is in English.The demand to communicate using English is also the most important reason for implementing PKM activities at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau.The spelling bee learning method was used as an effort so that students were able to pronounce and spell words and sentences correctly.Through spelling bee activities, students can improve linguistic, emotional and communication intelligence and enrich their creativity in imagination.The result of implementing PKM was students receive continuous English learning facilities for four days through spelling bee activities.The improvement in students' ability progress was very good, students have the confidence to perform, and students can also become critical listeners in taking messages from the stories being told.CORRESPONDENCE : Ardayati @ Ardayati470@yahoo.com

PENDAHULUAN
Education is very important in equipping people to become human resources capable of dealing with technological, economic, cultural and social advances.
However, not a few people have the mindset that education is not important, especially for people who live in remote villages.They think that education is a hassle because it costs money and takes up a lot of their time.The most important thing for them is how to work and make money quickly.In fact, getting a proper education for community life can help them to form a perspective on life, for careers and get a job more easily, and the most important thing is to build the character of the community to become individuals who are insightful, independent, and contribute to advancing the environment around them broadly.A wise sentence delivered by Nelson Mandela: Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, implying that all changes start with knowledge, if you want to be successful learn knowledge and use it for everything that is not only beneficial for yourself but also for many people.The public's view of learning English is also of concern.Moreover, people in villages think that the use of English can only be learned and only becomes social behavior for people in cities.The subjective views of the people in the village are also exacerbated by the unpleasant learning experiences that students receive from an early age while learning English at school.This phenomenon is one of the causes of negative stereotypes about learning English.Through this service program, the writers as lecturers at University PGRI Silampari took the initiative to provide fun and easy English learning for students at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau.
Facing the current 5.0 industrial revolution, it has become a necessity for all levels of society to have skills in the English language, so they can compete globally.The demand to master English as an international language requires people to learn it from an early age.After conducting surveys and observations at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau as a target location, information was obtained that the students at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau were still much unmotivated to learn English actively.There are many factors that cause this to happen, such as the lack of educators, especially in the field of English, book facilities, unsupportive media and environment and so on.Information was also conveyed by the Head of SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau, Mr. Agus Supriyadi, S.Pd.SD that it had been three years since English lessons were no longer given to students formally and regularly in class.This is because the program from the local district government prioritizes or focuses on other additional subjects.
Based on the results of this information, the authors concluded that SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau students needed a motivational boost to learn English using a fun and easy-to-accept method, namely spelling bee.This needs to be done, considering that students at the elementary school level are still at the golden age to study linguistics, one of which is English as a foreign language, so that they can maximally develop their potential abilities in all fields of education.
In addition, the author uses hand puppet media to maximize students' creativity and imagination.Thus, students get a fun and interactive experience learning English in groups.Learning English is also expected to change and form a creative and visionary mindset for students that learning English is important, not as difficult and boring as they previously imagined.Through this activity, students get an enjoyable English learning experience that motivates them to continue to actively study English independently and sustainably in the future.
Through this activity, the writers hope to provide valuable benefits to society in general and specifically to several parties, including: 1.For Schools The implementation of this activity at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau provided benefits for increasing students' knowledge and skills in using English.In addition, the school can provide further motivational encouragement and facilitate students in practicing using English.

For SD/MI teachers on the same level
This community service activity provides benefits for SD/MI teachers on the same level, namely by using fun English learning strategies and methods such as spelling bee.Teachers can use learning media such as videos, songs, or pictures to create a learning atmosphere that is not boring.

For Students
Through this activity, the enthusiasm, motivation and skills of SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau students in using English can be increased.

For PGRI Silampari University
Community service is one of the Three Pillars of Higher Education, which must be carried out by lecturers as part of their responsibilities as educational practitioners.With the implementation of community service activities in collaboration with SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau, the writer who is a Permanent Lecturer at the Foundation at PGRI Silampari University participates to take an active role on an ongoing basis in improving the quality of students to be skilled in using English.

METODE
The stages of the schedule for implementing PKM activities are as follows:

Preparation
The activities that will be carried out in the preparation stage are: a. Survey of the place of implementation of the activity b.Making proposals and completing administration of permits for community service places or locations.c.Prepare handout materials (spelling bee), and other supporting materials such as hand puppet media, instrumental songs, pictures, and others.

Implementation of Activities
Community service activities are carried out after all permits and equipment preparations have been completed.Activities carried out at SD Negeri 61 Lubuklinggau, for class II to class III.In practice, the participants will be divided into several groups and each group will be guided by a mentor or tutor (source person) and a committee (student).This activity will be different from the teaching and learning process in general.The training activities will be made as interesting as possible, fun learning, and apart from learning, they will also be motivated to improve their English skills.The schedule for the implementation of activities is as follows: English, and then they will get a report on the results of the progress of their English language skills to find out how far their ability is in mastering English vocabulary and oral communication as well he wrote.

HASIL dan PEMBAHASAN
The The output of this PKM activity is the national PKM Journal.Furthermore, the output of the activity of making materials and archived documents (written reports) can make it easier for teachers and students to access them as teaching and learning materials.The evaluation of this activity is consistent and sustainable to facilitate students to be able to learn English in a fun and communicative method or way.

SIMPULAN
From The project of PKM which was done by the trainers, it can be concluded that the activities give valuable contribution for students and teachers activities carried out are truly effective and maximal.The final evaluation is in the form of giving an evaluation by looking at the progress of students' motivation and mindset while participating in learning

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Figure 1.Explanation of material to students