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AL42: “Hmm, she usually directly gave the assignments. But in the end, we discuss together.”
QL43: “Alright. Did the previous teacher do the same thing or not?” AL43: “The previous teacher gave the explanation first before giving the
assignments. There were 2 previous teacher, Miss Yani and Miss Sari.” QL44: “Among three teachers, who made you satisfied in learning
English?” AL44: “Miss Sari in the XI grade. Because she used to give explanation
before giving assignments. She explained in detail until we understood.” QL47: “So, from the easiest until the hardest one, right.”
AL47: “Yes. And maybe Ms. Yashinta knew we had been in XII grade so it did not need to explain in detail. Because in the XII grade we generally
repeated the materials and Ms. Yashinta gave us a lot of exercises.”
QL40-QL47FT. Laura said that she preferred to be taught first before the assignments given.
She needed explanation clearly before doing the task. It was done by her previous teacher. This was fairly different from Egi. He liked challenges. Nonetheless, they
had the different perception in this part. QL54: “What do you think about learning English? If it is fun, what is
the reason? If it is hard, then why?” AL54: “I think leaning English is so much fun. We cannot only learn
international language, but also the knowledge.” QL54-AL54FM.
According to the dialog, Laura stated that she loved learning English. Beside it ruled as international language, it contributed a lot of knowledge. The next
discussion was about action. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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d. Action
In action, it tells about what she did in the two previous years. From grade X until grade XII, Laura got the English lesson once a week. Each meeting was spent in
90 minutes. In the grade X, she learnt about application letter, tenses, and little bit about text. It was procedure text. However, in that grade, the focused materials were
the tenses. While, in the following grade, the focused materials were the texts. She learnt about descriptive, narrative, report, spoof, and recount. In the last grade, most
of the discussion was the materials which were learnt in the previous grades. Besides, Laura also prepared herself to the national exam.
Another action was given in the first interview. Mentioning directly about something that we did not predict previously sometimes was pretty hard. Although
we had been familiar about that thing, but somehow we got stuck. Same as Laura or even some people, this case occasionally happened.
QL16: “Can you please mention the text types?” AL16: “Yes. Procedure, report, argumentation, description. I forget the
others :p” QL16-AL16AS.
QL31: “Have you ever practiced at home to act out and take a character in the story? Since narrative is the text that you like the most.”
A32: “Not yet. I just read the novels and story related to it. For instance, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Tarzan. I also like the movie.”
QL35: “Is there any competition which is related to English held in the school? Have you ever joined it?”
AL35: “Yes, there is. But I never join it because I know that my friends can do it better.”
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QL36: “Don’t underestimate yourself, Laura. You will never know your ability if you don’t try.”
Laura loved reading than acting stories related to narrative. Based on the dialog above, she was rather unconfident with herself. She thought that her friends
were better than her. Sometimes we just had to express something that became our abilities. Not for showing off, but for inspiring others that we survived and were able
to do that. AL51: “Step one, pour the water into the pan, and then wait until it boils,
the second step is, enter the noodle, wait until two or three minutes, and then ‘angkat’ the pan, and the last step is, serve the noodle.”
AL51AS. The researcher asked her to give the example of the text type. She chose
procedure text. In her practice, it was found there were little mistakes in grammar. She could deliver it well with the right instruction. Yet, she forgot the English of
certain word. The dialogue below talked about her worst and best experience. QL69: “What is your worst and best experience in English class when
learning text?” AL69: “Text was learnt in grade X and XI. It was so much entertaining.
The worst thing was I often forget the grammar rule..” QL70: “Is there any practice in the class?”
AL70: “So far, there was no practice in the class to act out based on the story. The best experience is when I can do the assignment well and I
understand the material about text.”
QL69-AL70AM. She told about the best and worst experience during the English class. Laura
said that text had been learnt since she was in grade X. During the class, there was no practice as the general high school did. The worst thing for her was when she forget
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the grammar rules, while the best thing was when she could do the assignment well and understand the materials.
e. Intention
This part shared about Laura’s intention in the coming events in her life. She mentioned that through learning English it can enable her to go abroad. By doing so,
she can improve her ability related to her interest. QL37: “…….Do you have any willingness to go abroad?”
AL37: “Yes, I want to increase my ability related to computer and communication.”
She intended to continue her study abroad. Her willingness was in line with her major, which was computer technique.
The last description was about Angel’s personal lived experience. She was one of the students who took Gas Manufacture and Petroleum Engineering as her
major. Herewith the description about her understanding, belief, feeling, action, and intention.
3. Angel’s Personal Lived Experience
The same as the two previous participants, Angel was interviewed with the five constructs. It was started with understanding.
a. Understanding
This part talked about Angel’s understanding of text. The researcher asked about the types of texts in English.
