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C. PARTICIPANTS

1. The Setting and Participant

The setting for this study consisted of locations that were quite, calm, relaxed and offered privacy, in campus, café, boarding house and were selected by participants as convenient for them. The participant in this qualitative research was generally smaller than in quantitative research. In this study the sample size was two. The convenience sampling involved the selection of the most accessible subjects. It was the least costly me, in terms of time, effort and money, since the participants were the students in my class. The purpose of convenience sampling was to seek as much detail and variation within the unique context or the “essence” of the lived experience of participants about that phenomenon Creswell, 2007. The study was conducted at UMY in which the two students were taking English subject. As one of supporting units at UMY, PPB provided foreign languages, including English, courses for students coming from all faculties. The international class had intensive one to improve the students’ competency in mastering English language. The aspects of accessibility that I worked for PPB UMY and the willingness of the participants illuminating their experiences were the central considerations of choosing them as the participants and place for this study. The two students were from the same Governmental Studies class but different senior high school; one graduated from senior high school and the other one graduated from vocational school. It meant they had different educational background and had all experienced the phenomenon being explored. In order that 37 the different setting and participants were arranged in such a way, I was able to obtain complete and various text and had an easy way to collect the text. The two participants were students in my class. In order to trace the participants I told the students that I was conducting a research and asked for their participation voluntarily. There were ten of them available at the beginning, but by the course of the interview I got problem with matching their time to meet for interview. Lastly, only two of them were willing to be involved in the study. With the purpose of going deeper in meaning or lived experience in learning English, I limited the number of participants and setting of the data. Table 3.1 shows the participants and setting chosen in the research. Table 3.1 Research Participants and Setting Participant Department Status Age Batch Mascu IGOV student 22 2011 Vitho IGOV student 22 2011

D. TEXT GATHERING INSTRUMENT