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CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION AND INTERPRETATION
This chapter exposes the empirical findings from the process elaborated in Chapter III. It consists of each participant‟s textural descriptions stories, each
participant‟s structural descriptions interpretations, each participant‟s textural and structural descriptions stories and interpretations, the composition of all
participants‟ textural descriptions stories, all participants‟ structural descriptions interpretations, and the synthesis of all participants‟ textural and structural
description meaning. Each description is elaborated in themes.
A. INDIVIDUAL TEXTURAL DESCRIPTIONS STORIES
This part exposes each participant‟s individual story regarding the 2015 English National Examination. It includes Dylan‟s, Baez‟s, Sting‟s and Dolores‟
textural descriptions.
1. Dylan’s Textural Description Story
Dylan‟s experience on the 2015 English National Examination can be extracted to six themes. The first theme is
what Dylan did in the 2015 English National Examination preparation
. The second theme is
the strong feeling which emerged when he was in the XI
th
grade
and what he did to cope with the feeling. The third is the
feelings which emerged when the National Examination was no longer used
to determine students’ graduation. The fourth is the feeling which emerged when there were
leaked exam questions
. The fifth is
how he did the 2015 English National Examination
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Dylan started his preparation on the National Examination when he was in the XI
th
grade D1. “Not when I was in the X
th
grade. In the X
th
grade I still played around. I wasn‟t serious in studying” D2. When he was in the XI
th
grade he started doing his old habit more routinely: memorizing 5 English words every day D3. He began the habit
when he was in the IX
th
grade of Junior High School D4. He continued the habit until he was in Senior High School but not routinely D5. Other than memorizing
vocabulary, Dylan also prepared himself for the English National Examination by watching English movies which did not have subtitles everyday D6. He also
noted words which he did not understand in the movie D7. At school English was studied three times a week in the additional course. In
the first meeting of the week he studied reading and grammar D8. In the second one he studied listening and in the third meeting he studied both D8. English
was studied by drilling during the additional course D8. Dylan said he enjoyed studying the English by drilling D15. Dylan recalled two English teachers who
taught him during the 2015 English National Examination. The first teacher was a teacher he liked. The teacher taught him when he was in the XI
th
grade of Senior High School D9. “He taught English well. He was like a best friend. We often
had chats with him. Sometimes we asked him to join us in
burjo
a place to eat, the customers are usually male students” D10. Another teacher Dylan recalled
was a teacher who taught him in the XII
th
grade. Different from his teacher before, this teacher did not taught that well D11. Even so, Dylan still studied in class as
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