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on these criteria: 1.
Kachok is his first language. 2.
Both parents are Kachok and spoke Kachok with the subject when he was child.
3. The person must be within the age range of 17 up to 60.
4. The person grew up and currently lives in the village which the
researcher has surveyed.
3.6.2 Screening criteria for the Kachok Interpreter
For choosing the language interpreter, the criteria are as follows: 1.
Kachok is his first language. 2.
Ethnically Kachok, that is, both parents are Kachok. 3.
The person understands and speaks clearly both Kachok and Khmer.
4. The person must have the time and willingness to cooperate as
language interpreter. 5.
The person grew up and currently lives in the Kachok area surveyed by the researcher.
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3.6.3 Sampling Design
The goal of this study was to obtain a desired sample for each of the five SLQs. For the Individual SLQ, quota sampling was used with age and gender as desired sample
for Kachok survey. The age categories were 17-35 years old for the young group, and 36 years old and above for the old people Table 13. A sample size of 12 subjects
was interviewed in each of the four villages for a total of 48 subjects. They represented young people, parents, and grandparents. Teachers were interviewed in
all schools that Kachok people attended. In Kaoh Peak, three teachers were interviewed, three in the Andoung Meas district, and one literacy teacher each from
the other villages. As shown in Table 14, four subjects were interviewed for the Dialect Perceptions Group in each of the nine villages with the same categories of
ISLQ. Only three Kachok Christian leaders from three Kachok villages were indentified and interviewed. Out of nine villages, seven village chiefs were
interviewed as two villages shared the same village leader. In summary, 106 subjects were interviewed using five SLQs. The resulting
sample of 106 interviews is taken to be representative of the Kachok population as a whole.
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Table 13: Individual SLQ Sample Size by Age and Gender Age
Total Young
17-35 Old
36 up Gender
Female
3 3 6
Male
3 3 6
Total
6 6 12
Table 14: Dialect Perceptions Group Interview Sample Size by Age and Gender
Age Total
Young 17-35
Old 36 up
Gender Female
1 1 2
Male
1 1 2
Total
2 2 4
3.7 Data Analysis
This study used a descriptive analysis of the data using the UNESCO’s Nine Factors and Fishman’s GIDS based on the five SLQs’ results. The data from the
SLQs were analysed based on respondents’ responses on language use in different domains and attitudes toward the Kachok language. The criteria for answering the
three research questions are shown in the following five sub-sections. The first two research questions are important indicators that give information to answer the third
research question.
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• The instruments that were used to answer the research question. • The criteria by which the results were used to answer the research question.
3.7.1 Language Use by Domains
What are the languages used by the Kachok speakers in different domains?
Questions 39-42 from the Christian Leader SLQ c.f. Appendix 5, pp. 198- 199; questions 36-41 from the Individual SLQ c.f. Appendix 3, pp. 184-186;
questions 30-34 from Dialect Perceptions Group Interview c.f. Appendix 2, pp. 174- 177; and questions 21 and 23 from Teacher SLQ c.f. Appendix 1, pp. 167-168
were used to answer this research question. No quantitative criteria were used for this research question. All responses were assessed qualitatively.
3.7.2 Attitudes toward Kachok and other Languages
What are the attitudes of Kachok speakers toward their own language and other languages they speak?
Questions 24, 29-32, 44-52 from Christian Leader SLQ c.f. Appendix 5, pp. 196-201; questions 23, 28-35, 41-51and 55 from ISLQ c.f. Appendix 3, pp. 183-
189; questions 22-24, 29-40 from Dialect Perceptions Group Interview c.f. Appendix 2, pp. 172-181; questions 20-26, 31 from Teacher SLQ c.f. Appendix 1,
pp. 167-169; and questions 24, 35-41 from Village Leader SLQ c.f. Appendix 4, pp.
