2. Interview
After the analysis of students’ work, the researcher used the interview as the second instrument. This interview was conducted to obtain additional
information. “Interviews and observations interact-observations provide new meanings to the interviews, and interviews suggest new things to look at or attach
new meanings to the observations.” Krathwohl, 2004: 285. The researcher prefers using the interview to questionnaire as one of the instruments because in
her opinion, interview would provide rich data. Also, direct interview enabled respondents to express their feeling freely and it gave a real information from the
respondents than the questionnaire. “As contrasted with the questionnaire, which provides no immediate feedback, the interview permits the research worker to
follow-up leads and thus obtain more data and greater clarity.” Borg Gall, 1983:436.
The interview section was conducted after the analysis of students’ work was finished. The interview aimed to obtain confirmation from some students
who have followed the Academic Essay class for the whole semester. Some selected students were the representatives of the class. The researcher took eight
students as respondents. To record the data from interview, the researcher used an MP4 player. In this research, the MP4 player was an effective tool to help the
researcher to analyze the data. By using MP4 player, the researcher was able to rewind or repeat the recording. As a result, the researcher would not miss any
important information. The interview was conducted on December 11
th
2009 in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Sanata Dharma University. Table 3.1 below provides the summary of the major points of the interview.
Table 3.1 Points of Interview No. Points
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
Students’ source in writing an essay. Students’ understanding in attaching the source.
Concept of plagiarism. Copy-pasting activity in writing.
Difficulties and problem solving. Suggestion
D. Data Gathering Techniques
To make the research data more accurate, the writer conducted a research using two instruments. The two instruments were students’ work and interview.
The researcher asked permission to the lecturers who taught Academic Essay class, especially class A, C, D, and E. The students’ work here meant the students’
final writing assignment whose source was from the internet. Then the researcher copied the students’ writing project to make the analysis easier. The data were
gathered from ten students from class A, C, D, and E. After conducting the analysis of students’ work, the researcher needed additional information to
strengthen the result of the first instrument. Direct interview was applied in gathering the additional information. To complete the information, the researcher
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