RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION Quantitative Data Analysis Findings obtained from the questionnaire has evidently demonstrated

that the respondents are agree that role play helps to improve their pronunciation skill as shown in table 1. Most of the students agree that they are interested to learn the English Language, as indicated by the mean 3.20. This shows that most of them are of the same opinion that they are interested to learn English but they do not know what is the best way to help them to learn English especially pronunciation skill. in learning

Table 1 : Mean and Standard deviation for students perception towards role plays in improving their pronunciation skill. Statements I am interested to learn the English Language. Mean 3.20 Standard deviation 0.484

I have problems when speaking English.

3.00

0.740

The problems I face hinders me to speak English with my friends. I enjoy role play in English.

3.05

0.718

3.10

0.662

If there is a chance, I want to be involved in English Role Plays.

3.07

0.691

Role play helps me to improve my pronunciation skill.

3.37

0.615

During role play, I feel confident to speak in English.

3.20

0.664

I think role play can create an

3.40

0.621

active English classroom.

Language

From the mean score, it can be concluded that majority of the respondents agreed that they have problems when speaking in English. This can be proven from the mean 3.00 (SD= 0.740). They believe that the problems they faced hinders them to have a conversation in English with their friends (mean=3.05, SD=0.718). From my opinion, the first problem that students face when speak in English is the confidence level when speak English is low. This might be due to the weakness in pronunciation skill. Most students feel not confident when speak English because they do not know whether the words they pronounced are correct or not. As a result, they are refuse to speak English with their friends because they will feel shy when their pronunciation is not correct. On the other hand, most respondents excited to be involved in role play if there is chance to do it (mean=3.07, SD=0.691). They want to be involved in role play because they think that role play is the best medium to help them improving their pronunciation. This is because, during role play, they pronounce the words and they heard their friends also pronounce the words. So, they are learn to correct their pronunciation indirectly without being subconscious by themselves. High mean score in statement 5 clearly support this finding where most respondents like role plays in English. This is evident from the mean 3.10 (SD=0.662). They are enjoying role plays because role plays allow them to show their ability to speak in English even though they know that their pronunciation skill of words is not good. So, they think by joining role plays can help them to improve their pronunciation. It is glad to see that almost respondents perceive that the role plays has helped to boost their pronunciation skill (mean=3.37,SD=0.615). This can be proven when they confess that they feel confident to speak in English during role plays (mean=3.20,SD=0.664). This show that, pronunciation affects the confidence level of students during speak in English. When they know their pronunciation of words is correct, they are able to pronounce the words without being hesitate the

pronunciation is either correct or not. As a result, they feel confident to speak with others. It is also interesting to note that the respondents truly believe that role plays can create an active English language classroom. This is shown by the highest mean score that is 3.40 (SD=0.621). The students believe that role plays can create English language classroom because it gives fun to them. In a role playing situation, students get the opportunity to practice skills they might not use on a regular basis. Skills such as debating, acting, reasoning and negotiating can be flexed in hypothetical situations when they cannot normally be used in a classic classroom situation. Students are also able to adapt to situations they might not normally find themselves in, forcing the creativity of the students to be exerted. Interpretation of the findings implies that the respondents thought that role plasy can improve their pronunciation skill. They also believe that it learning classroom . . Qualitative Data Analysis Data obtained from interview sessions was also analysed qualitatively. 1) The usage of English language among students of IPG Kent. From the interview with a lecturer and students, it can be seen that the students of IPG Kent do not use English frequently in their daily life. Here are some responses from lecturer and the students about the usage of English language in IPG Kent : Students dont use enough English probably because they dont see the purpose of using English. (Lecturer) I think that students in IPG Kent do not use English language very much. We usually speak based on our racist. Like the Malays speak Malay, the Chinese speak Chinese. If we use English, we mainly use Manglish. (Student) can create an active

According to the interviewees (lecturer and students), students do not use English frequently because they do not see the purpose of using English. They prefer to use their mother tongue in their conversation. In my opinion, this situation causes students to be weak in pronunciation skill in English language. This is because, they are rarely use the language. When they rarely use the language, they cannot get used their tongues to pronounce the

words. As a consequence, they are weak in pronouncing the words.

2) Do students of IPG Kent can pronounce English words correctly ? Here some responses from interviewees which show whether students of IPG Kent can pronounce English words correctly or not. I think they were definitely have problem in certain difficult words, but generally most of the students able to do basic pronunciation. (Lecturer) From my observation, I think that most students cant pronounce English words correctly because we dont use English very much. So, how can we know if our pronunciation is correct or not. (Student)

It is clearly seen that most students cannot pronounce English words correctly even though they are able to do basic pronunciation. This is because, they are rarely use the language, so they do not have a chance to check whether they pronounce the words with correct pronunciation or not.

3) Can role plays improve students pronunciation skill ? I believe so, I truly believe in that because role plays allow students to be able use the language without being subconscious about themselves and give them more freedom to act on different role as so far. So, I guess it would be one of the most effective way to actually improve pronunciatio n . (Lecturer)

 Yes, I do think that role plays can improve pronunciation among students because it give students a chance to know their level of pronunciation skill whether it is in a good level or not. (Student)

From the responses of the interviewees, it can be concluded that role plays help students to enhance their pronunciation. Both lecturer and students truly believe that role plays can boost students pronunciation. This is because, role plays give students space to speak in English. It also allows and trains students to be able use the language confidently. In addition, it gives students a chance to know their level of pronunciation skill . From that, students will learn how to pronounce the words correctly.

4) Does role play can create an active English language classroom ?

It is glad to hear that both lecturer and student are truly agree and believe that role plays can create an English language classroom. Role play is an activity which involves movement. During role play, students do not only make a movement, but at the same time, they can have fun and can learn to improve their communication skill in English. Here are their responses : I strongly believe it, because role play gives students that security and confidence to be someone else when they actually use the language. So, I think it is really a good activity especially in English classroom. (Lecturer) Yes, I do think so. Like I said before, role play is an activity and it is fun. So, students can engage more in the activity. They can have a role and involve in activity and role play. It also involves movement, it doesnt really need to use mental. We can have fun and at the same time we can learn. (Student)