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examination B52. Baez replied, mentioning five numbers to her B52. “She then memorized those numbers. She memorized them while walking to submit her
answers in front. She then turned back. She looked at me. She told me the answers” B53.
Not only asking answers to her friends, that day Baez also shared her answers to other friends. “This number” Baez recalled what her friends said B54.
“Because my knowledge was limited, I only gave the answers I were sure of” B55. If Baez was not
sure, she would tell her friends she was not sure B56. “If they were okay with that, I would give them the answers” B57.
The cheating was not found out by the supervisor B58. Baez‟s seat was in line with the teacher‟s table B59. “During the English National Examination the
supervisor was reading newspaper. It was like he let us be. When the class was noisy he would then... „Please be quite...‟ If we were not noisy then he would just
let us be” B60; B61. Before the National Examination was conducted, Baez heard rumor about
leaked the National Examination questions in Google Drive B62. “I tried to find
them. There was five packages. I then downloaded one package” B63. Baez tried to work on those leaked questions B64. She only downloaded one package
because she thought other packages contained the same questions and the questions were only put in different orders B65. “I was scared. Is this really the
tested questions? If it was, then, what if I got perfect score after studying them?” B66. On the D-day, the questions tested turned out to be different with the
questions Baez downloaded. “Luckily, they were different” B67.
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: Baez felt down and resigned after the English National Examination passed B68. It lasted for
one month B69. “Until the announcement day. I couldn‟t change anything anymore. So, let it be” B70.
When the results of the English National Examination were announced, Baez felt happy, glad, sad, and disappointed
at the same time B71. “I was happy because I was no longer nervous. I knew the results already. I was glad” B72. Baez felt
contradictory feeling at the same time. “I was disappointed because my score was low. It was a little above standard. And, I also remembered I couldn‟t do so many
numbers in the English National Examination. I also cheated” B73.
3. Sting’s Textural Description Story
Sting‟s experience related to the preparation for and performance in the 2015 English National Examination can be extracted to four themes. The first theme is
Sting’s routine on his XII
th
grade of Senior High School during the English National Examination preparation. The second one is
the activities, the thoughts and feelings which he experienced during the preparation
. The third theme is his difficulties in preparing for
listening
section of the English National Examination and in working on the section. The fourth theme is his experience in preparing for
the computer-based National Examination
and in working on the examination with this format.
1. Sting’s routine: In his last year of Senior High School, Sting joined additional course after finishing school at 1.30 p.m S1. “It started after Mid
School Test was finished” S1. In the course the teacher always gave the National Examination questio
n samples S2. “We worked on that. If we didn‟t understand we could ask the teacher in front” S2. This course lasted up to 4 p.m S1.
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Before January 2015, Sting was still busy managing OSIS events S3. His duty in OSIS was over on December S3. Thus, even though he already joined additional
course he still considered himself not serious in preparing for 2015 the National Examination S3.
After the additional course was over, Sting sometimes joined a study group which he and his friends created S4.
“I get to my boarding home first. On around 7 p.m. we started” S5. There was no fixed schedule made S6. The time
they met always changed. They studied in one of Sting‟s friends‟ boarding house S7. In the study group they also worked on the National Examination question
samples S8. They asked each other if they could not work on certain question S8. “At its longest it lasted two to three hours” S9.
2. What Sting did, thought, and felt during the preparation
: Generally Sting felt calm during the preparation of the
2015 National Examination. He was “not that nervous” S10. Even though Sting‟s mood was dominated by calmness, there was
time Sting felt a little strained. It was when the National Examination was still used to decide whether students c
ould pass Senior High School or not. “I was worried I would have bad result. I also heard that previous year the English
National Examination questions were more difficult. They said the level was international” S11. However, the feeling was gone when the exam was no longer
used to determine students‟ graduation S11. The tiredness he felt after the change was mostly resulted from the preparation for School Examination S13.
When the School Examination was over and Sting only needed to prepare for the N
ational Examination, Sting did not feel that tired. “The preparation for the National Examination was a little, it‟s very slack” S12.
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: During the preparation for the English National Examination, Sting thought listening was the hardest part S14. It was especially when he had
to deal with British English S15. He realized this when studying in additional course given by the school S16. When realizing this, Sting felt strained S17.
Sting admitted that at school the exposure to British English was indeed less than American English S18. “We were given chances to listen to British English
but it wasn‟t intense” S18. Outside school, Sting listened to American English more S19. The movies or clips he often watched were mostly in American
English S19. In order to solve the problem, Sting only relied on the preparation given by the school S20. He tried to listen more attentively in class S20. He
believed that the material given by the school would be enough in helping him in the National Examination S20. Apparently, on the D-day, the voice Sting heard
was in British English S26. Other than that, even though the speaker was big, it was used to fill an auditorium S27. “It the sound from the speaker was not that
clear” S27. On the D-day, the National Examination was also in the format of computer-
based test S27. This is one of the sources of Sting‟s difficulty in listening on the D-day S27. This problem he faced during the preparation and on
the D-day, however, did not motivate him to improve his skill to understand British English S31.
Other than finding it difficult to understand British English, Sting also found obstacles in comprehending text which was spoken fast S21. Sting realized this
problem during the preparation for the English National Examination S21. “Indeed, I was not used to fast-spoken English text, red.” S21. Similar to his
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the preparation given by the school S22. “When the recording was played I tried
to listen more attentively” S22. However, Sting still found it hard to understand them. “I already tried to practice. Still hard. S21.”
Before the English National Examination, Sting heard news about the error occurred during the paper-based English National Examination the paper-based
and the computer-based National Examination was conducted on different dates; the paper-based examination was conducted prior to the computer-based National
Examination S23. “What was played on the recording and what was written on the text was different” S23. Hearing this, Sting felt anxious S24. However, on
the D-day, he was glad the first time he noticed that what was spoken on the speaker and what was written on his computer screen was exactly the same S29.
Even though facing many difficulties during the preparation for and on the D- day of the 2015 English National Examination, Sting did not cheat S31. There
were actually leaked examination questions and key answers. Many of his friends cheated and asked him to join. “I didn‟t respond to it” S25.
4. Computer-based examination
: As stated previously, Sting worked on a computer-based examination. His school was chosen by the government to
pioneered this type of examination. It was conducted after the paper-based examination was conducted in his town. It lasted for two weeks S32. Sting and
other students worked on three subjects in the first week and three other subjects the next week S32. Each subject was scheduled to be done in one day. There
were three shifts in each day: morning shift, day shift, and afternoon shift S33. “I got morning shift. I preferred morning shift. It‟s fresher” S33. There were
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his examination S34. “It was as big as Sanata Dharma auditorium” S34. The auditorium was divided into five more rooms by using partitions S34. There
were thus 20 students in each room. In order to help Sting and other students got used to computer-based examination, the school conducted tryouts with computer-
based format. “The school made them themselves” S35. Sting felt nervous the first time he found out that his school would conduct
computer-based examination S36. He assumed every question execution would be limited to just a couple of minutes; unlike what happened in paper-based
examination, if he already answered one number, he would not had another chance to review it and revise his answer S37. He was also worried about the
ticking time which would be put on his computer screen. “I would know if it was last minutes. In paper-based examination, we would not
see it” S37.
4. Dolores’ Textural Description Story
Dolores‟ lived experience regarding the 2015 English National Examination can be broken down into ten themes. The first one is Dolores‟ preparation which
was dominated by
examination question drillings
. The second one is Dolores process of
learning by discussing and tutoring
during the examination preparation. The third is
the warm and capable teacher
who affected Dolores. The fourth is
negative feelings which emerged after a poor tryout result came out and how she dealt with them
. The fifth is how the 2015 English National Examination helped Dolores figure her
weakness in written English, improve it, and measure the progress
she made. The sixth is Dolores‟
difficulties in listening
. The seventh is Dolo
res‟
regret on her not being careful
when doing the 2015 English National Examination. The eight is the
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