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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter discusses three major sections, to wit conclusion, implication, and recommendation. The conclusions drawn are based on the findings of this
research. The researcher made the recommendations by connecting them to the findings and the research benefits. These recommendations include those of ELESP
lecturers, ELESP students, English teachers, and future researchers.
A. Conclusions
The researcher formulated two questions in this research. The first research question inquires how students see English word stress as part of pronunciation and
its relation to -eous, -ic, -ity, and -ion suffixes. The second research question inquires into
students’ mastery of English words ending in -eous, -ic, -ity, and -ion suffixes.
1. Students’ Perception of English Word Stress and English Words Ending
with -eous, -ic, -ity, and -ion Suffixes
Most students in this research 53 strongly agreed that word stress is an integral part of English pronunciation. Some students decided to agree as shown by
the 39 of the sample. Even so, this did not mean that their performance in pronouncing English suffixed words was satisfactory. Almost all students 73
93 believed that all English suffixes had their own rules regarding the stress placement
of English words. However, some of them could not determine which suffix had what stress.
Nearly half of the target sample 45 believed that -eous, -ic, -ity, and -ion suffixes did not change the stress placement of the base while 41 believed the
opposite. This proves that most students that belonged to the 45 proportion were unaware of the stress-shifting attribute those suffixes had and so were most students
that belonged to the 41 proportion because there were many mistakes in their actual pronunciation. Furthermore, many students who did not retake a single
subject were surprisingly unable to pronounce most words under -eous and -ic suffixes correctly. The percentage of the students that retook no subject was 82.
2. Students’ Mastery of Stress Placement of English Words Ending with -
eous, -ic. -ity, and -ion Suffixes
One of the most obvious problems in the pronunciation of eous-suffixed words was syllable shortening and the others were phonetic errors. Most eous-
suffixed words were challenging for the students since they mispronounced many words. Compared to the -eous suffix, the -ic suffix is the most challenging one
because there were many stress misplacements and phonetic errors. Most students could not predict the stress in most words. Therefore, they stressed the words
antepenultimately. Students who were troubled by the eous-suffixed words were also troubled by the words under the -ic suffix category.
94 Even though most students could locate the stress in most ity-suffixed words,
they failed to articulate the vowels or consonants accurately. No more than twelve students could pronounce most words under this category successfully. The most
obvious problem for almost all of the students when they pronounced ion-suffixed words was the use of double phonemes
ʃj in the last syllable of most words. Half of the sample, more than 55 students in average, could stress properly although
many could not articulate the sounds well.
B. Implications
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