Research Method RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

37 lecturers who became the participants of this research were lecturers of the English Language Study Program ELESP in Sanata Dharma University. The lecturers were chosen under the consideration that these lecturers were the ones who implemented self-fulfilling prophecy in the way lecturers teach. Moreover, based on the researcher’s experience becoming a student, the selected participants possess the knowledge in self-fulfilling prophecy. Thus, the participants can provide the relevant information about the topic. The names of the participants are disguised to protect their privacy. The details of the participants are described as follows. Table 3.1 Details of the Participants No Name Not real names Age Teaching Commencement in Sanata Dharma University 1. Ms. Richa 27 Since 2013 2. Mr. Daniel 34 Since 2005 3. Mr. Jono 41 Since 1999 4. Mr. Martha 40 Since 2000 The participants of this research were chosen purposively. Ary et al., 2002 state that “purposive sampling is a nonprobability sampling technique in which subjects judged to be representative of the population are included in the sample ” p. 648. In purposive sampling, there is no general rule about the number of participants to be included. Qualitative studies more typically use nonrandom or purposive selection techniques based on particular criteria. The criteria for the participants in this research were the availability of lecturers and how the way the lecturers teach based on the researcher ’s experience and advisor’s suggestions. 38 Thus, the participants were chosen because the researcher once joined the participants’ class so the researcher more or less knows the participants’ behavior not only in the class but also outside the class.

C. Research Setting

The research was conducted in Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The researcher chose this place under the consideration that the lecturers in this university had a good manner of teaching; they have self-fulfilling prophecy and they are able to motivate their students. It was all based on the researcher’s experience becoming one of the English Language Study Program ELESP student. Moreover, the researcher chose this university rather than other universities because the researcher has been studying in this university for four years so the researcher more or less knows the lecturers’ way of teaching. The researcher did not choose other universities because the aim of this research is to analyze the lecturers in English Language Education Study Program’s perception on the implementation of self-fulfilling prophecy. Moreover, the aim of this research was also to know how the implementation of positive self-fulfilling prophecy influenced the way lecturers’ teach. The researcher conducted the research from February to June, 2015. The interviews were conducted in the beginning of March, 2015 to April, 2015.