A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

CHAPTER Page
Research Setting………………………………………………….… 37
University Levels in Taiwan……………..….………............ 37
History of Tunghai University.………………….….………. 37
Participants’ English Level in Tunghai…............................... 38
FENM Program in Tunghai, Required Basic English
Course in Universities of Taiwan ........................................... 38
Sample Selection Criteria………….…………….………. 39
Seven Volunteers from Different Areas in Taiwan……….…. 40
Individual’s English Learning Backgrounds………….…….. 40
Instruments………………………………..……………….……… 43
Prior Training………………………………………………. 43
Criteria of Five Communication Strategies Based on
Faerch and Kasper’s Taxonomy………….……..…..…….... 43
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Instruments of Training Materials…………......................... 44
Instruments of Interviews…………………………….…… 45
Data Collection ……....…………..................................................... 46
Procedures……………………………….…...……….…… 46
Interview in an Honest Atmosphere ……..………………… 47
Ninety-Minute Interviews after 5 and 10
Weeks of Training……..………….…………..…….……… 47
Data Analysis……………………..……..….…………………..… 48
Analytic Procedures…………………..………………….… 48
Thick Description ………………….…………………….… 49
Open Coding………………………..……………..……..… 50