This presentation explains about music preferences among Electrical Engineering students of Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. It is a survey conducted on 20 students of Electrical Engineering department.

1. AE501: COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
MINI PROJECT
SHALENI KAVIRAJAN 08DEU13F2013
YAMUNA GANASAN 08DEU13F2019
PHILOMEENA LAZAR 08DEU13F2023
THARSHINI ELANGOVAN 08DEU13F2031
LECTURER: MISS SHAREEN LEE YONG YONG

2. TITLE:
MUSIC PREFERENCES AMONG
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF
POLYTECHNIC SULTAN SALAHUDDIN
ABDUL AZIZ SHAH

3. INTRODUCTION
What is MUSIC?
• A form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like or find
interesting.
• The word music comes from the Greek word (mousike), which means "(art) of the
Muses". In Ancient Greece the Muses included the goddesses of music, poetry, art,
and dance. Music is an art form.
• Music comes from various sources like radio, television, IPod, MP3 players and etc. Music
varies in genres, pop, rock, R&B etc.
• Strongest emotions may be brought on by listening to a piece of music and affects people
in various ways from emotion regulation to cognitive development, along with providing a
means for self-expression.

4. SURVEY OBJECTIVES
These are the primary objectives of the survey conducted:
• To find the effects of music to personality and emotion development among
Electrical Engineering students of Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.
• To identify significant types of music that builds characters among students
from Electrical Engineering department.
• To discover how music helps in emotional control among Electrical Engineering
students.

5. METHODS

6. GANTT CHART
• Gantt chart.docx

7. QUESTIONNAIRE

8. GRAPHICAL RESULTS

9. QUESTION 1
Do you think music influences an individual’s personality?
Percentage
Strongly agree 8
Agree 12
Strongly Agree
40%
Agree
60%
PERCENTAGE OF MUSIC INFLUENCE ON JKE STUDENTS' PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
Strongly Agree Agree

10. QUESTION 2
Why do you feel so? (based on question 1)
5
6
1
3
4
1
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Genre of music Lyrics Individual's mentality
NumberofJKEstudents
Influencing factors
FACTORS THAT AFFECT MUSIC PREFERENCES AMONG JKE STUDENTS
Agree
Strongly Agree
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Genre of music 5 3
Lyrics 6 4
Individual's
mentality
1 1

11. QUESTION 3
Favorite type of music

12. QUESTION 3
Favorite type of music
9
1
5 5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Pop Country Instrumental Melody
NumberofJKEstudents
Music types
FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC
Pop
Country
Instrumental
Melody

13. QUESTION 4
How many hours do you spend listening to music on average per
week?
6
5
9
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 to 4 hours 4 to 6 hours More than 8 hours
Hours
Time range
TIME SPENT BY JKE STUDENTS LISTENING TO MUSIC ON AVERAGE PER WEEK
Hours
Number of JKE
students
2 to 4 hours 6
4 to 6 hours 5
More than 8
hours 9

14. QUESTION 5
How do you think of a person?

15. QUESTION 5
How do you think of a person?
10
9
11
6
5
9
10
5
3
9
8 8
12
10
5
8
7 7
0
3
1
2
3
4
1
5
6
1
0 0 0
2 2
1
3
4
Joyful Calm Energetic Motivated Moody Sociable Romantic Introvert Aggressive
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Opinions
NumberosJKEstudents
OPINIONS OF STUDENTS ON A PERSON WHO LISTENS MUSIC
Stongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree

16. QUESTION 6
When do you listen to music?

17. QUESTION 6
When do you listen to music?
3
2
4
1
3
2
1
3
1
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
When bored Free time Studying
time
Thinking Sleeping time Dinner time Upset Anytime In the mood
NumberofJKEstudents
Situations
Music listening time

18. QUESTION 7
Why do you listen to music?

19. QUESTION 7
Why do you listen to music?
Bored
15%
Release tension
30%
Love for the
music
10%
Concentration
5%
Fuel energy
25%
Peaceful mind
5%
Motivate
10%
REASONS WHY JKE STUDENTS LISTEN TO MUSIC
Bored
Release tension
Love for the music
Concentration
Fuel energy
Peaceful mind
Motivate

20. QUESTION 8
How do you feel while listening to music?

21. QUESTION 8
How do you feel while listening to music?
7
2
10
1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Relax
Motivated
Calm
Joyful
NUMBER OF JKE STUDENTS
FEELINGS
FEELINGS OF JKE STUDENTS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC
Relax
Motivated
Calm
Joyful

22. QUESTION 9 & 10
Do you find listening to music have impact on your emotions?
18
2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Agree Disagree
NumberofJKEstudents
Students’ opinion
OPINION OF JKE STUDENTS ON IMPACT OF MUSIC ON EMOTIONS
Agree
Disagree
Opinion
Number of JKE
students
Agree 18
Disagree 2

23. QUESTION 10: State your reason
2
0
3
0
2
0
7 4
2
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Agree
Disagree
Agree Disagree
Feel calm 2 0
Impressive lyrics 3 0
More focused 2 0
Happy 7 0
Reduce stress 4 0
Entertaiment purpose 0 2
Reasons of Impact on Emotion Development
Feel calm Impressive lyrics More focused Happy Reduce stress Entertaiment purpose

24. ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
• Most people AGREE that music influences one’s personality development.
• High number of students AGREE that song lyrics is the major factor that contributes to a person’s
personality development.
• Majority of the students (45%) PREFER pop or fast beat music and it is seem to be the SIGNIFICANT music
that helps in character building among electrical engineering students.
• Approximately, 9 out of 20 students listen to music more than 8 hours in a week.
• Many students AGREE that a person who listens to music radiates positive energy where the listeners
seem to be more MOTIVATED and ENERGETIC.
• From overall comparison, most electrical engineering students prefer listen to music during their
STUDYING TIME.
• Release tension seem to be the main reason students listen to music with 30%. On the other hand, 6 out
of 20 students prefer listening music to boost their energy.
• From the analysis, being calm is the most significant emotion showed by the students who listen to music.
• Many AGREE that music impacts one’s emotion because it makes them feel HAPPY. A small number of
student DISAGREE and claim that music is only for entertainment purpose and do not gives any effect on
their feelings.

25. CONCLUSION
• It is proven that MUSIC gives more benefits than harm.
• Relaxes a person and MUSIC definitely gives impact on an individual’s
personality and emotional development.

26. THANK YOU