Chapter 5 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter presents the summary of the findings of the study and the conclusions and recommendations that are derived from the findings. Summary of Findings This section summarized the main research findings of the study. The study sought to provide answers to the questions found at the previous chapter. 1. It has been identified that most of the respondents from Tagalog dialect people and Indigenous people are millennials, female, and finished High school degree, additionally most of the Indigenous people respondents are from Buhid tribe from 2nd District of Oriental Mindoro 2. It has been found out that language barrier is frequently affected the verbal communication of both Tagalog dialect and Indigenous respondents. 3. It has been revealed that the Tagalog dialect respondents often experience while the Indigenous respondents sometimes experience that language barrier affected their non-verbal communication activities. 4. It has found out that the language barrier did not affect the barter activities of the Tagalog dialect respondents while the Indigenous people respondents barter activities is frequently affected by the language barrier. 5. It has found out that the language barrier did not affect the education of the Tagalog dialect respondents while the Indigenous people education is frequently affected by the language barrier and often experience its implications.
6. It has been found out that there is no significant relationship between the demographic profiles of the respondents and the problems encountered in their social interactions at District II of Oriental Mindoro. 7. It has been found out that there is no significant difference between and among the problems encountered in the social interactions of the respondents in the first variable but in the next three variables, there is significant difference between and among the problems encountered in the social interactions of the respondents.
Conclusions Based on the summary of findings presented, the following conclusions were drawn: 1. Most of the indigenous respondents and tagalog dialect respondents who used android phones in District II of Oriental Mindoro are female. In connection with that most of the respondents of this study belong to teenagers and young adults their ages indicate that they are millennials. 2. The verbal communication of both Tagalog dialect and Indigenous respondents is frequently affected by the language barrier. 3. The Tagalog dialect respondents are often experience while the Indigenous respondents sometimes experience the implications of language barrier to their non-verbal communication. 4. The barter activities of the Tagalog dialect respondents did not affected by the language barrier while the barter activities of the Indigenous people respondents is frequently affected by the language barrier.
5. The education of the Tagalog dialect respondents did not affected by the language barrier while the education of the Indigenous people is frequently affected by the language barrier and often experiences its implications. 6. The demographic profiles of the respondents have no effect to the problems they encountered in their social interactions at District II of Oriental Mindoro.
Recommendations In view of the foregoing and findings and conclusions, the following are hereby recommended: 1. There are Mangyans who are experiencing difficulty in communicating with their fellow Mangyans who have other dialect. In that case, the National Commission of Indigenous people (NCIP) should provide materials that can educate Mangyans with the language of different tribes. 2. There are Mangyans who have bad experience in product dealing transactions with the lowlander’s people. Thus, the Municipalities in District II of Oriental Mindoro where the Mangyans are settling should reinforce the organizations that are securing the rights of Mangyans, especially in terms of product dealing transactions. 3. There are young Mangyans who can’t speak their mother-tongue language for some personal reasons. For that matter, the National Commission of Indigenous people (NCIP) must encourage the Mangyans to maintain their language and teach their children to learn their own mother-tongue language even at young age. 4. The Municipalities in District II of Oriental Mindoro should provide some materials that could educate even simple Mangyan words those tourist and business traders in different Mangyan language that can help them in communicating with the Mangyans for their different purposes. 5. The findings of this study will serve as a reference for further research. They may
focus on identifying more barriers in social interactions of Mangyans and other people who are settling in same Municipalities in District II of Oriental Mindoro. In addition, extent all other tribes in entire province of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro as a more population or respondents of the study.