Source and Nature of Texts
In collecting anecdotes, one needs to develop a keen sense of the point or cogency that the anecdote carries within itself. Furthermore, one has to
recognize what parts of the “texts” of daily living are significant for one’s study while it is happening. In doing so, one needs to be quite rigorous and construct
accounts that are trimmed of all extraneous, possibly interesting but irrelevant aspects of the stories. Therefore, it may be necessary to go back to retrieve the
relevant “trivia” that help to construct the anecdote. Van Manen, 1990: 69.
Figure 3.2. Texts Processing Creswell, 2012: 261-262
Creswell 2012: 261 points out that the first step consists of “organizing the data, transcribing the interviews, typing field notes, and making the decision to
analyze the data by hand or by computer”. In the first step, I organized the data and transcribed the in-depth-interviews. To protect the research participants and to
maintain confidentiality, in transcribing the interviews, I removed some identifying details of the participants. In addition, the initial interview was not transcribed for
the sake of the participants’ confidentiality. The second step, exploring and coding the data, refers to reading the transcriptions and coding them by assigning code
labels. In the third step, the codes were used to generate themes. The fourth step, reporting the findings, refers to making narrative from the findings. The fifth step
is interpreting the findings. From the narratives, I made the interpretation of meaning of the lived experience. In the last step, I validated the accuracy of the
finding by doing member checking. In labelling the texts to form the description of lived experience, I used a
coding system. The coding system consisted of five parts, namely appendix, participant’s name, the instrument to gather the data, and the unit of meaning. The
coding example can be seen in “Senja8-Intv1-ELT-EB”. In the example, Senja8 refers to conversation 8 by Senja, Intv1 refers to in-depth-interview 1, and ELT-EB
refers to English Language Teachers, Educational Background.