Explanatory Statement

For Interview Participants

INVESTIGATING TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS

MULTICOMPETENCE MODEL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Dear fellow teachers,

My name is Isnaini. I am currently an M.Pd. student in the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Culture
Yogyakarta State University under the supervision of Basikin, S.Pd., M.Phil., M.Ed., Ph.D., a Senior
Lecturer in the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Culture. We are now conducting a research focusing
on teachers’ attitude towards multicompetence model of english language teaching in educational
institutions in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia.

You are invited to participate in this research which focuses on your attitude towards
multicompetence model of english language teaching. Your participation involves answering several
interview questions which takes a maximum of 30 minutes. Your responses will be very valuable in
the understanding of teachers’ attitude towards multicompetence model of english language
teaching. Furthermore, they will also contribute to the potential professional development type that
best suits you.

All responses to the interview will be kept strictly confidential with findings reported in the form of
participants’ code so that no individual will be identifiable in the reporting of results. Names will in no
way be used in the reporting result. The results of this study will be reported in the form of a graduate
thesis and educational journal articles. A summary of the findings may be delivered to individual
participants on request. Data will be kept in a secure location for five years and only the researchers
will have access to the completed interview, which will be destroyed on completion of the study. Your
participation is voluntary and you may withdraw from the research at any stage.

This research does not foresee any risks that may cause any form of distress or discomfort to the
participants. However, if you have any questions or concerns about the study, please feel free to
contact Basikin, S.Pd., M.Phil., M.Ed., Ph.D. on +6282136271309 or Isnaini on +62 85755826730 or
by email at [email protected] or [email protected]. If you agree to participate in
the study, please answer the questions in the attached interview guide and return it to us. Thank you
for your consideration.

Basikin and Isnaini

Should you have questions regarding your rights as a participant in a research,

please contact:

Faculty of Languages, Arts and Culture

Jalan Colombo No. 1 Yogyakarta 55281,
Telepon (0274) 550843, (0274) 546719, Fax (0274) 548207
Website : http://fbs.uny.ac.id
Email : [email protected]; [email protected]
Participant Consent Form
(For Interview Participants)

I understand that:

• I am free to participate or not participate in this study.

• The study involves about 30 minutes of my time for completing
a.
• All of the information I provide will be kept confidential.
• I am free to skip any questions that I do not want to answer.
• I am free to withdraw from the study at any time.
• I understand that I might also be contacted for a follow up study
• I understand that I am free to decide not to participate in the follow up study

Signature: _____________________ Date: ______________________

In order to contact you in the future, we need your contact details. Please write
down your in the following space.

YOUR CONTACT DETAILS:

Name: ___________________________________________________
Phone: ____________________ Email (optional): __________________
Institution Name: _____________________________________________
Institution Address:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Institution Principal Permission
(For Interview)

I, the undersigned, am the principal of ___________________________

give permission to Isnaini to undertake interview in English classes conducted
in my institution . The observations will take place during regular time classes.

I understand that:

• The interview is with the knowledge of the teacher.

• The teacher is free to participate or not participate in this study.
• The teacher is free to withdraw from the study at any stage.
• The interview is recorded in an interview schedule and the data are
presented in interview transcription.
• All of the information will be kept confidential.
• The institution may have access to the result of the interview on request.

Signature: __________________________ Date: ____________________

 Interview Protocol:
Attitude Construct Multicompetence Level-check Predicted Probe Questions Predicted
Construct
Questions Answer answer
Experiential multi- How do you feel I think it is a What is your I think it's just a
attitude is an competence being multilingual positive opinion about a myth. There is
individual's concerns the person? thing. saying that when no need to 100%
affective feelings total system for Multilingual we learned English adopt the norm
toward. Behaviour. all languages people can we have to speak of American or
(first language, assimilate like we are British English
second language, culture Americans/Britishs because it is
and where the ? okay to show
interlanguage) in language our cultural
a single mind or they speak identity by
community and from. speaking our
their inter- second language
relationships. differently.
multi- Do you feel that Yes/No Can you describe It seem to me
competence does your first more about that it is a false
not depend on language features why/why not? popular idea. In
the monolingual (e.g. accent, my opinion,
native speakers sentence These can be
structure, and unique features
word choice) are as long as the
signs of lack of communication
English language runs effectively.
proficiency?
multi- Do you feel that Yes/No What else do you I would say that
competence each language know? it is impossible
affects the whole you speak only because when
mind, i.e. all affect the we use a
language and language systems language, we
cognitive not other think about the
systems, rather cognitive system? degree of
than language familiarity with
alone the person we
talk to and the
degree of
formality where
the situation
happen.
 Attitude Level-check Predicted Probe Predicted
Multicompetence
Construct Construct Questions Answer Questions answer
instrumental multi- Do you think Yes/No Why/what else The languages
attitude refers competence second do you know? we speak are
to an concerns the language interconnected
individual's total system users’ to each other.
evaluation of for all knowledge of Therefore,
behavior's languages the language is multilingual
outcomes. (first language, same that of people speak
second native the second
language, and speakers? language and
interlanguage) first language
in a single differently from
mind or those
community monolingual
and their inter- people.
relationships.
multi- Who is the I feel that Can you Native speaker
competence best role depends. describe more teachers can
does not model for Native about why give us an
depend on the students speaker and non-native opportunity to
monolingual currently learn non-native teachers/nativ do
native English? speaker e teachers multicultural
speakers teachers can have communication
have advantages? , which is very
advantages important in
and this 21st
disadvantages century. On the
. other hand,
non-native
teachers can be
a good
example of
successful
English users in
the same
cultural
background as
the students.
multi- Do you think Yes/No Can you A new
competence that the describe more language we
affects the languages we about learn give us an
whole mind, speak can why/why not? opportunity to
i.e. all determine our access
language and ability to information
cognitive perceive and from the
systems, think about another world.
rather than the world and Moreover,
language alone talk about when we speak
them? a language, we
also think
about the
culture where
the language is
commonly
spoken