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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the researcher analyzes the data which had been gathered from the research by distributing the questionnaires and conducting the
interviews. From the analyzed data, the researcher acquired the findings to address the research questions about the students‟ perception on the accents of the non-
native English speakers and also the challenges that students identified in listening to the accents of non-native English speakers.
The researcher divides this chapter into two main sections. The first section is findings. This section clarifies the findings from both questionnaires and
interviews. The second section is discussion. In this section, the researcher presents the answers for the research questions.
A. Findings
In this section, the researcher presents the findings gathered by the questionnaires and the interview. The findings in this study are divided into two
categories. The first category is to answer the first research question and the second category is to answer the second research question.
1. Students Perceptions on the Accents of Non-native English Speakers
In the questionnaire, the statements one to six represented how the students perceived the English accents of the speakers. Through these statements, the
32 researcher tried to identify the importance of understanding English accents. The
statements in this category are represented as follows.
Table 4.1 The Distribution of the Responses to Students’ Perception on the
Accents of Non-native English speakers
No Statements
Frequencies of Responses Strongly
Disagree Disagree
Agree Strongly
Agree 1.
Generally, I
enjoy the
listening activities. 1
2.17 3
6.52 29
63.04 13
28.26 2.
I learn various kinds of English accents in CLS 2
class such as Indian, Spanish, British, Arabic, and Finnish.
- -
24 51.06
22 47.83
3. I enjoy listening to the
speech of non-native English speakers in CLS 2 class.
1 2.17
6 13.04
35 76.09
4 8.70
4. I believe that knowing
various kinds of English accents are important to
enrich my knowledge of English accents.
- -
25 54.35
21 45.65
5. I believe that listening to the
various English accents could improve my listening
skill. -
- 23
50.00 23
50.00 6.
I believe that introducing types of English accents is
effective for my listening skill.
- 1
2.17 32
69.57 13
28.26
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