Rita Divéki: Developing Global Competence in the Hungarian EFL Classroom
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3. Research Design and Methods
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3.6. Studies 7 and 8 – Focus Group Interview Studies
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3.6.2. Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
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3.6.2.1. The Pilot (Study 7)

3.6.2.1. The Pilot (Study 7)

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Having agreed on a suitable date for everyone, the interview took place on 13th November. Given the fact that during this period the university was closed due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the interview had to be carried out online. The video conferencing tool, Zoom was used for the interview, as all the participants had already been familiar with it, and its recording function was easy to use. The interview was thus recorded with the video recording function of Zoom, and the audio recording function of the researcher’s and the co-moderator’s smartphones. The language of the interview was English, and it lasted 1 hour 37 minutes.

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The interview started with the introduction of the research project and the group interview format. The participants were reassured of the confidentiality of the project, and their consent was sought to record the interview. As the participants had already known each other, there was no need to introduce themselves. The interview guide consisted of three parts and the interviewees were asked questions about how they create a safe space for their students to express their thoughts, what their approach is when discussing controversial issues, and what activities they use for developing their students’ global competence. The complete interview guide can be found in Appendix L.

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After the interview, the audio file was transcribed using the voice typing function of Microsoft Word Online. The 1.5 hour-long interview amounted to more than 15 000 words of transcribed text, providing a significant amount of data for analysis. The co-moderator’s notes supplemented the transcription. The data was subjected to content analysis, using the same procedure described in detail above in Section 3.3.2.1. The emerging themes, together with quotes from the transcript were collected and compiled into a Word document.

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As one of the aims of the pilot was to test whether the guide consisted of the right questions and whether it the questions managed to sustain a discussion for 1.5-2 hours, some modifications had to occur. As I really had to respect the time limit of 1.5 hours because of the participants’ other engagements, during the interview, I already needed to prioritise which questions are most important and skip some questions, which were interesting but not directly linked to my research questions.
 
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