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Categorizing Related to coding is categorizing in which those two process is apparently
substitutes each other. While the coding process in a qualitative research has no rigid categories to be obey, the categorizing process of this research was also
based on the obtained data itself. Thereafter, the similar data would be grouped to get the general conveyed idea of certain problems.
g. Connecting
This step refers to the act of connecting the categorized data and the theme. According to Maxwell 1996, connecting the categorized data and the theme is
important in constructing a theory as a primary goal of data analysis. In this research, the categorized data which were gained through interviews, would be
connected to the main theme of the research, namely the expectation of the English course participants on the English course held by the school.
3. Data Presentation: Reporting
Data presentation is actually a report of the researcher’s interpretation on the data. Hence, the presentation has to be clear enough for others to understand
what the researcher has studied. Ary, et al. 2010 suggest eight parts of reporting a qualitative research, namely abstract, introduction, research design, methods,
findings, interpretations and implications, references and appendix. However, Maxwell 1996 provides ten steps of qualitative study, namely abstract,
introduction, research context, research questions, research methods, validity, preliminary results, implications or conclusions, references and appendices,
30 respectively. The writer chose to mix the steps in order to adequately
accommodate the research purpose. a.
Abstract Abstract is a very basic summary of the major aspect of the research. It
contains: problem, design, methods and outcomes. It is essential in assisting reader to conduct literature reviews.
b. Introduction
An introduction contains the purpose of the research study and the background of the researcher
’ decision to conduct the research study. It also states explicitly the need of the study.
c. Research Context
According to Maxwell, a research context has two purposes, namely to show how the proposed research fits into existing theory and research, and to
explain the theoretical framework that informs the study being conducted. d.
Research Questions A research question is central to the research report. Research questions
direct the study to its main goal and guide the discussion to be not misdirected to the wrong directions. The research questions in this research are related each
other, with the first research question concerns the course participants’
expectations and the second one deals with the way communicative approach on language teaching would answer the expectation.
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Methods This section describes the research method that the researcher follows in
conducting the study. Ary et al. 2010 propose three aspects to be included into a method section, namely:
1 Site and Sample Collection
It describes the place and the participants involved in the research. 2
Data Collection Methods It explains the methods used to gather the research data. In this case, the
research made use interviews as the method of data collecting. 3
Data Analysis Procedures It provides information of the approach conducted in analyzing the
collected data. f.
Validity The main purpose of validity in research study is to show that the research
which the writer conducted was not as self-fulfilling prophecy Maxwell, 1996, p. 109. Triangulation as the way to obtain the validity of the research was
conducted by comparing the students’ perspective, the tutors’ perspective, the
chairperson’s perspective and the perspective of the experts of this field. g.
Preliminary Results Preliminary results discuss the findings after conducting the research. This
discussion is important to clarify whether or not the method being applied, in particular the data analysis, is feasible enough.
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Conclusions It is the continuation of the preliminary result section with the main goal
of pulling reasonable notion of what was discussed previously. It also implies the implications for the broader fields.
i. References
References list all works cited in the research report alphabetically. j.
Appendix Appendix includes the interviews’ transcriptions and other document
supportive to the research study.
B. Research Setting
