3.2 Subject of the Study
In qualitative research, the subject of the study used usually used smaller participants rather than quantitative. “Conducted qualitative research is very labourintensive and
therefore qualitative studies typically use, of necessity, much smaller samples of participants t
han quantitative ones” Dornyei 2011:38. In addition, Dornyei added that “a qualitative study must have a sampling plan describing the sampling parameters
participants, settings, events, processes, and this plan should line up with the purposes of the study
”. Based on the purposes of the study which were identifying whether the speeches
produced by the third semester English language students are cohesive or not and describing the kinds of cohesive devices found in their speeches, I chose the third
semester English language students of Semarang State University UNNES. It was based on some consideration as follows:
1. The students should have been mastering speaking since they had joined some
speaking subjects. 2.
They were familiar with cohesion in English since they had joined some subjects that supported them to know cohesion in English.
I chose one class out of six classes in third semester English language students of Semarang State University UNNES since it was possible to use small participants in
qualitative research. The class was Speaking for General Purposes class. The class was chosen because of the availability of time and
the students’ willingness to be used as subject of the study. The class consisted of 20 students.
3.3 Object of the Study
The object of the study was cohesive devices found in the speeches produced by speaking for general purposes class’ students. The data of the study was in form of
recorded speeches. Since it is qualitative, the data research does not focus on numerals or statistics but giving most attention to h
ow deep researcher’s knowledge is toward the interaction among concepts, which is being learnt Miles and Huberman, 1994: 1.
3.4 Role of Researcher
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