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Fill out the column below which matches your project type (research or course design)
a. For small-scale research topics: b. For course design:
List the research questions:
1. To what extent teacher-student interaction helps in motivating
students?
2. What impact does teacher-student interaction have on student
language learning?
3. How teacher-student interaction helps in students academic
performance in language learning?
What inds o! data will you see to collect" !rom whom or
what" and !rom where#
ixed-ethod
1. !uantitative anal"sis - #uestionnaires
2. !ualitative anal"sis $ video recording of classroom
%&servation
'istri&ution of two different sets of #uestionnaires to students
in ala"sia (nglish language classrooms. )secondar" school*
+ideo recording of classroom o&servation $ two,three
ala"sian (nglish -anguage teachers conducting lessons
)different,same classrooms*
$ro%ide details o! the course you propose:
& summary o! the course:
'arget group:
(ourse aims:
Will you be collecting any data to aid you in your
course design# )! so" what inds" how and !rom
whom#
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)nstruments !or *ata (ollection: What techniques or
instruments will you use !or data collection#


ultiple methods of data collection
1. .lassroom o&servation )video recording*
2. !uestionnaire
- !uestionnaire on Teacher /nteraction )!T/*
)-i0ert-1cale*
- To chart teacher &ehaviour
3. !uestionnaire
- otivated strategies for learning surve" )1-!*
#uestionnaire
- To measure students perception of their motivational
attitudes
&nalysis: +i%e some idea o! how you will analyse the data.
+ideo recording
- 2nal"se and o&serve the lessons to find particular issues
regarding students motivation and teacher-student
interaction.
- Transcri&e the video recording as a proof or evidence.
!uestionnaires
- 'ata of #uestionnaires will &e entered into the 1311
3rogram.
- 1tatistical anal"ses will &e made using the data collected.
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,. What will be the practical" theoretical or disciplinary bene!its o! this dissertation#
The main reason / have decided to choose this topic is &ecause it reall" reflects what happened in ala"sian (1- classroom. 4rom m" past
experiences5 &oth as learners and teacher5 / would sa" teacher-student interaction pla"s a vital role in ensuring students get motivated in learning.
This then will decide whether the learning o&6ectives of lesson are achieva&le or not.
7" doing this5 it will help us to suggest drastic measures that are needed to find and then fix the real issues. 2s we are aware5 unmotivated
students will &ecome into unproductive and immo&ile students in learning process. This will then cause them to &e retained5 some cases where
the" reach frustration levels and &eing expelled from school.
/f for example teachers5 0now or aware of the issue of unmotivated students5 the" can find suita&le approach or motivational forces to assist and
facilitate students in learning and for students success5 especiall" in (nglish -anguage. / would also hope to develop further this topic in the
future5 for / am thin0ing of doing 3H' in related studies.
-. .a%e you already taled to a member o! sta!! about your dissertation idea# )! so" who#
8es5 / did as0 Harr" a&out it. 2s / suddenl" changed m" topic recentl"5 Harr" did help me a lot in &rainstorming the topic. He also helped me to
choose the suita&le participants and methodolog" in regard to this stud". However5 there are still further improvisations that / should revise in
particular parts of the stud".
/. &dditional comments (please noti!y o! us any special circumstances we need to be aware o! regarding your dissertation):
'ue to few circumstances5 / will not &e going &ac0 to m" hometown )ala"sia* to conduct the research. However5 / will as0 help from m"
friends )teachers in ala"sia* to help me with the video recording and #uestionnaires.
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