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pronounce it correctly. It helped them to repair the students’ mistakes in pronouncing the words. It can be implied that giving feedbacks made the
students more confidence and it could repair their mistakes.
C. Suggestions
Some suggestions are given to the participants who are closely related to this research. The suggestions are made based on the conclusions and implications of
this research. They are presented as follows: 1. For the English teacher
The English teacher should consider the students’ needs and interest before designing the speaking materials. It is important for the teacher to use various
techniques that are appropriate with the students’ needs because it can reduce the students’ boredom and monotonous during teaching and learning process.
It is useful for them to use TPS technique as one of the appropriate techniques in teaching speaking.
2. For Students Through the Think-Pair-Share technique, the students have opportunities to
share their ideas. It also improves students’ ability and motivation. 3. For Other Researchers
The weakness of this study is its limited time in implementing the actions. Other researchers who are interested in the same field are recommended to
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implement the actions in a longer period of time to get more maximum results so that the improvement will be more significantly seen.
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