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1. Participants’ backgrounds prologue
In this study, I involved two participants, Kiki and Jalu, who both were my juniors when I was in undergraduate program. Kiki Kurniawati or Kiki, my first
participant, was a 24 year-old female. She was born on March, 29 1989 in Salatiga. While Jalu or Febriyant Jalu Prakosa, another participant in this study,
was a 22 year-old male. Jalu was born on February, 28 1989 in Salatiga. Jalu was the only child in his family, while Kiki was the second daughter in her family.
Kiki has a sister who was 8 years older than her. Both of my participants had not married yet and still lived with their
parents. Jalu lived in Salatiga with his parents. However, his father only stayed at home during weekend, since he worked at PT. Kartabina in Kaliwungu,
Semarang. During weekdays, Jalu lived with his mother, a home maker who also opened a food stall at home. Likewise, Kiki only lived in Salatiga with her parents
because her sister who was a nurse was already married and lived with her husband. Kiki‟s father worked as a
PNS
civil servant at
DLLAJR
while her mother was a home maker who also made some snacks to be sold for additional
income. Both of the participants completed their education in Salatiga. Kiki and
Jalu were studying at the same English Teacher Education study program in Salatiga. Kiki started studying there in 2007, while Jalu in 2009. English Teacher
Education study program was not Kiki‟s main choice to study after graduated from Senior High School. Kiki had two options at that time, whether studying
mathematics in the faculty of science and mathematics or studying English in
45 English Teacher Education study program. She decided to study at English
T eacher Education study program because of her sister‟s suggestion that English
would ease her to get job later than mathematics. Different from Kiki, Jalu decided to study at English Teacher Education
study program because it was his main preference to continue his education after graduated from Senior High School. English Teacher Education study program
became Jalu‟s main option because that was the only program which matched with him and located in Salatiga. As his father worked out of the town and his
mother was only being accompanied with him at home, Jalu did not have any reason to not study at Salatiga. Hence he studied at an English Teacher Education
study program at a well-known university in Salatiga. Kiki and Jalu finished their undergraduate study program on time. After 4
until 4.5 years studying there, both of them graduated and got their degree of Sarjana Pendidikan. Kiki graduated in March, 2012, while Jalu graduated in July
2013.
2. Life after graduation
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