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C. RESEARCH PROCEDURES
In conducting this research I did what Van Manen 1990 suggested. I adapted Van Manen‟s six methodological procedures.
1. Turning to a phenomenon of interest
Firstly, I tried to find the topic that interested me to investigate. After I found the topic, I collected the information needed to support the significance of
my research in order to formulate my research problem. Following that, I determined the participants who were willing to help me conduct the research and
the research setting. Then, through library research, I gathered the theories and to review previous related research. Library research was done in order to review
and clarified the concepts and constructs related to the research so that pre- understanding could be formulated.
2. Investigating experience as we live in it rather than conceptualizing it
As a researcher, I needed to investigate experience as living in it Van Manen, 1990. Hence, I also gathered my own experiences as a novice English
teacher for primary students in order to be able to elaborate the participant‟s stories more comprehensively during the in-depth interviews. The in-depth
interviews were used to obtain the data for this research. Interview guideline was built based on the theoretical review and pre-understanding in order to enable the
researcher to be able to elaborate all essential points.
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3. Reflecting on the essential themes which characterize the phenomenon
When all of data had been gathered or obtained, I could analyze essential pre-figured and emergent themes. Those essential pre-figured and emergent
themes could be use as the reflection for the researcher and participants to perform and actualize ourselves better.
4. Describing the phenomenon-the art of writing and rewriting
The aims of this research were for describing and for interpreting participants‟ stories during their initial years of teaching. Hence, I needed to write
and rewrite the narratives. The write and rewrite process required me and the participants to have reflection of the research by doing the re-interviews to
synchronize all the information and stories to enhance the accountability and trustworthiness of the research result. Moreover, I always presented the narrative
stories to the participants so that they could check whether the narratives were acceptable or not.
5. Maintaining a strong and oriented relation to the phenomenon
