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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

This Chapter V presents the conclusions and the recommendation of the study. The conclusions are drawn from the findings of the study which are based on the problem formulation in Chapter 1. The recommendation is intended to the English teacher, the students of XI AP class and the future researcher.

A. Conclusions of the Study

The researcher focuses on the students’ pronunciation which is the part of speaking elements. Pronunciation should not be ignored from speaking skill. The meaning of a word will be different if the students pronounce the word incorrectly. This study was held in SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta. The participants were the students of XI AP class. In this case, the students had difficulties in pronouncing English words correctly. Therefore, the researcher applied drilling technique to help the students overcome their problems in pronouncing English words. The researcher used two cycles to conduct the study. In each cycle, the researcher had four stages, which are plan, action, observation and reflection. In planning stage, the researcher planned all instruments needed. In action stage, the researcher conducted the study by having the instruments and the lesson plan. Next, in observation stage, the researcher was helped by three observers who observed the class by filling the observation checklists and field notes. The last 87 stage was reflection stage. In the reflection stage, the researcher made some reflections in a field note form based on the learning process in the classroom. Through the two cycles, the researcher implemented drilling technique to the students’ pronunciation. The students pronounced some English words correctly and completely by the researcher’s guideline. Through the repetition drills, the students were accustomed to pronouncing English words. By drilling technique, the students got more chances to speak actively in the classroom. Through the drilling technique, the researcher could motivate the students to have good pronunciation in their speaking. There were 12 students out of 21 students of XI AP class of SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta completed the stages in the study. The pronunciation of the 12 students improved. The 12 students’ pronunciation improvements were different from each other. The improvements were in the elements of correct phonemes, proper intonation, correct stress, and clear articulation. The students’ abilities in having correct phonemes improved 91. Then, the students’ abilities in correct stress improved 83. Next, the students’ intonations in pronouncing English words improved 83. The last, the students’ abilities in having clear articulation improved 100. Therefore, the researcher concluded that drilling technique improved the students’ pronunciation of XI AP class of SMK BOPKRI 1 Yogyakarta. 88

B. Recommendation of the Study