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

CHAPTER IV
RESPONSE TO RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This study used a qualitative design to discover students’ perceptions and
experiences about learning five communication strategies. Seven volunteers revealed
their perceptions toward learning and using each communication strategy in
90-minute interviews after the 5th and 10th week of training. The results are
presented in five sections in this chapter, according to five research questions for the
five communication strategies. The general open-ended question is: What do you
perceive in learning this strategy?
After 14 interviews of 90 minutes with seven volunteers, the in-depth
discussions were coded and conceptualized into several significant themes associated
with students' learning experiences and beliefs toward communication strategies. The
students’ feedback collected from the interviews were comparison analyzed and were
described with two to four points for each communication strategy. The findings of
students' perceptions and attitudes were conceptualized and reported in this study,
including several issues rarely discussed in previous studies that can contribute to the
academic field of communication strategies and to school administrators who design
the English communication courses.
Analysis of the Interview
Through two 90-minute interviews after the 5th week and 10th week of
training, each volunteer described in detail his or her experiences of learning the
communication strategies. The interview data collected in the videotapes were
transformed, transcribed, coded, and interpreted to identify students’ perceptions
toward various skills in five communication strategies. The analysis method applied
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