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F. Research Procedure
The starting point in conducting this study was the writer’s curiosity on why Nicenet.org was introduced by several lecturers. Carrying on the starting
point, the writer tried to find out the questions research. To get some theoretical background related to the study, the writer reviewed some theories used in this
study. Those theories were employed as the basic of this study to analyze the problems.
However, there were several main steps in conducting this research. The first was asking permission of the lecturer. The second was distributing the
questionnaires. The writer distributed the questionnaires on November 25, 2009 and December 2, 2009 to December 3, 2009. The interviews were conducted on
December 11, 2009 to December 12, 2009. Analyzing the data was the third step. Having collected the data, the writer
analyzed by following several steps. Since this was qualitative research, the numerical data gained by the questionnaires were transcribed into statements.
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CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the writer analyzes the data which have gathered by employing the research instruments: the questionnaires and the interviews. From
the analyzed data, the writer acquires the findings which are discussed to address the research problems stated on Chapter I.
The writer divides this chapter into three main sections. The first section is the questionnaire data. This section clarifies the findings by which the
questionnaires were employed. The numerical data was, then, converted into statements. The second section is the interview result. In this section, the writer
reports the data gathered by coding the record. The last section is discussion. The writer explores more on the findings gathered by the questionnaires and the
interviews. Moreover, the writer discusses what the writer has found from conducting the research. In the discussion section, the writer draws the answer of
the research questions.
A. Questionnaire Data
To collect the questionnaire data, the writer distributed the questionnaires to the students of Academic Essay Writing class of English Language Education
Study Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. In the questionnaire, the respondents had to choose the agreement scales which are in form of Likert Scale
to the provided statements.
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