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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
In this chapter, the researcher presents the conclusions from the discussion in chapter IV and the suggestions. The researcher divides this chapter into two
parts. The first past is the conclusions, which is the summary of the research findings. Meanwhile the second part is the suggestions for the future researches.
A. Conclusions
There are two research problems in this research. Those are 1 to what extent can the pre-service English teachers pronounce diphthongs? 2 Moreover
what difficulty do they face in pronouncing the English diphthongs? After conducting the research, the researcher found that as English teachers’
candidates, from 40 students most of ELESP students in Sanata Dharma University could not pronounce diphthongs correctly. They were not aware the
importance of having good pronunciation as English teachers candidates. They also found difficulties in learning pronunciation. Therefore, this research provided
suggestions for the pre-service English teachers. Through the test, questionnaire, and interview, the researcher obtained the
data about the students’ ability in pronouncing English diphthongs as English teacher candidates. From the instruments above, the result showed that ELESP
47 students in Sanata Dharma University were not ready to be English teacher yet.
Most of them could not pronounce diphthongs correctly. It was because the students found difficulties in learning pronunciation.
B. Suggestions
Based on the findings of this study, the researcher proposes some suggestions related to this study. The suggestions are for ELESP students, English
teachers, and future researchers.
1. ELESP Students
Based on the data obtained, ELESP students need to pay attention more on their pronunciation. Students should be aware that being an English teacher needs
to speak a lot when teaching. Speaking is the only way to communicate or to give instructions to the students. It means that they have to be confident with their
pronunciation. They will be confident if they have good pronunciation. Therefore, they have to study hard in improving their pronunciation. There are so many
things they can do to improve their pronunciation skill. They can practice a lot with their friends or listen to online dictionary, which provides the pronunciation.
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2. English Teachers
Based on the data obtained, it shows that English teacher should be the best model for the students. A good teacher should pay attention more on their skills
not only on their appearance. Nowadays, it is easy to find a teacher with good appearance. However, it is difficult to find a teacher with good skills. The
researcher suggests that teachers should also study hard to have good quality. No matter they are junior or senior teachers. They must have good quality to build a
good quality of students too. In addition, teacher should pay attention more to their students. They have to listen to their students. If the teachers know that the
students find difficulties, teachers can help the students.
3. Future Researchers
Even though this research still has many flaws, the researcher still hopes that there will be future researcher to conduct the similar research with different
focuses. In this research, the result shows that many students who find difficulties in learning pronunciation. The researcher hopes that future researcher can design
some materials to help ELESP students to master pronunciation, specifically diphthongs words. As a result, they will have good pronunciation in teaching
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