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it difficult for the audience to find generalization of this research report design and other research repor
ts‟. The meaning found in this research is built by five themes. They are: 1
others’
concern
, 2
independency
, 3
graduating as focus
, 4
anxiety
and 5
self- understanding
. Especially in the process of preparing for the examination, the participants are
affected by parents, teachers, and friends. The participants‟ parents especially
affected them in decision making. Their teachers affected their motivation and improvem
ent. Meanwhile the participants‟ friends affected their actions and feelings.
Most participants considered independency important. Their independency was reflected in their initiatives, their stable motivations, and their autonomy.
For half of the participants, graduating was a great deal. That was why they felt nervous, tense, and uneasy when the National Examination was still used to
determine graduation. However, when the National Examination was no longer used to determine graduation they prepared less hard. Even though was not
affected significantly by the changing function of National Examination regarding graduation, another half of the participants kept preparing themselves consistently
for the examination. Anxiety dominated the participants during the preparation and on the D-day of
the National Examination. The anxiety includes nervousness, inferiority, doubt and dilemma. These feelings made two of the participants prepared themselves
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and doubt made one of the participants cheat on the D-day. Meanwhile, the dilemma of which one of the participants felt also made her get involved in
cheating action. The National Examination helped the participants to understand themselves.
From the process of preparing for the National Examination, the participants could identify their weaknesses in reading and their difficulties in listening.
However, only two participants tried to improve their weaknesses or find strategy to deal with it on the D-day. One participant figured out the aspects they improve
because of the National Examination. From the research results, it can be implied that, when dealing with the
National Examination, the participants did not see themselves as a part of globalization nor national visions. The participants saw themselves as students.
The meaning of the National Examination for the participants is closely attached to their personal surrounds, goals, values, and visions.
B. IMPLICATIONS
National Examination still needs to be conducted because the research results show it helped the students sharpen their independency. It also still needs to be
conducted because it apparently helped the students understand themselves better their weaknesses and strengths in English, what they could do to deal with the
weaknesses and the aspects they had improved from the attempt they made. However, the policy makers need to consider what the National Examination
means to students when making decisions regarding the National Examination, especially when it comes to graduation requirements. The research results show
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requirements to graduate were too hard for them. This has conflicted the vision of National Examination and will keep conflicting if the policy makers neglect the
way the students comprehend the examination. Other than that, adults who belong to the closest circles which affected the
students should also cooperate to create conducive environment which would help the students to improve themselves in the process of preparing for and working on
the National Examination. The research results show that the National Examination caused the participants to be anxious. In certain level, it could
motivate them to study harder. However, in exaggerated level, it could make them do unproductive actions like cheating. As the research results show, the parties
who affected students the most were schools, parents, and friends. The parents and schools were the parties who were thus most responsible to help the students
deal with the examination.
C. RECOMMENDATIONS
This research can be used by other parties as one of the consideration they can use to act as individuals or institutions. The students can identify themselves with
the research results, reflect their actions, and act with more consideration in the future. The authorities such as the World Bank, the government, and policy
makers can use the research results as reflection and insights so that they can make more empathetic policies in the future. Critics can use the research results as
reflection and insights to their criticisms. Teachers can use the research results as reflection materials and to use the reflection to teach more empathetically.
Future researchers can use the research as inspiration, basis, and references for future research. As seen in Chapter II, from six research reports found on the
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National Examination, only one research used phenomenology approach. Future researchers can explore more aspects of the National Examination with
phenomenology approach. This research results indeed show meanings of the 2015 English National
Examination to the participants as Senior High School students. However, all participants in this research happened to be those who had graduated from Senior
High School. Thus, as stated previously above, this research did not have the capacity to advocate those who did not graduate. Future researcher can involve
participants who did not graduate from Senior High School in order to widen the advocating capability of phenomenological research, especially in the context of
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