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B. Reliability of Questionnaire
4. Discrimination Power
5.2 Suggestions
Referring to the conclusion above, the researcher puts some suggestions as follows:
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5.2.1 Suggestion for English Teachers It is suggested for English teachers to:
1) English teachers can consider applying Wattpad as an alternative media in teaching reading. Thus, the teacher also needs to prepare the content according to the level and as the essential is making sure the internet connection well before starting the class.
2) Exposure more stories to students as for to be the example and practice in analyzing the passage instead of only explaining the materials. This process aimed to achieve the comprehension following the reading aspects.
3) Adjust some rules in order to avoid too much excuse in the learning activity because this requires a lot of students’ commitment.
5.2.2 Suggestions for Other Researchers:
1) Use Wattpad as a media to teach reading in different levels of senior high school and university level must be an option. Since this study was conducted in vocational school.
2) Explore more the reading materials and be selective when choosing it.
Since the researcher only choose 1 genre of the story which is a legend or called as historical fiction in the genres’ list of Wattpad. Furthermore, the researcher should ensure that the reading materials are suitable with the syllabus.
3) Integrate a study on the use of Wattpad to the other language skills since this study only focused on the reading skill. Wattpad also gives facilities in writing skills too that student can write their own story.
In short, this is the conclusions of this research and the suggestions for English teachers who are interested to use Wattpad as media for teaching English and for who wants to conduct any relevant researches in further that the researcher has been explained in this chapter.
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