This document outlines a research study that aims to investigate the effectiveness of forum discussion in enhancing students' oral communication skills. It identifies the lack of strong English speaking skills as an issue among Malaysian graduates. The study will use an experimental design with an experimental group that uses forum discussions and a control group with traditional teaching. Data will be collected through classroom observations and questionnaires to analyze effective instructional strategies, communication barriers faced by students, and the impact of forum discussions on oral skills. The conceptual framework shows the relationship between these factors. Quantitative data analysis will be used to understand the results.

1. Shafina Hilni Binti Halim

2. Unemployed
graduates
• Poor command of English language
(Jobstreet.com, 2013)
• According to(Raj, 2014), over 90% of
job applicants in the hospitality sector
could not speak English.
New entry
requirements for
MUET.
•"Fresh graduates in
Malaysia have an
unbelievably low
grasp of the
language," said Yi.
English Speaking
Skills

3.  This issue already exist since the introduction of
communicative language teaching in the 1970s.
 Biggs & Moore, 1993 suggested that students need to
be provided with interactive and co-operative learning
tasks.
 Previous Research:
 Enhancing Oral Communication Skills through Pair work
Strategies by Moaza Aziz Ahmad Abdulla, 2006.
 Quantitative (Correlational Research)
 Improving Students’ Speaking Skill through Debate Technique
by Richa Rubiati, 2010.
 Quantitative (Experimental Research)

4.  Issue: Low marks in speaking assessment and problem
in delivering speech in presentation.
 Target Population: Semester 2 Students at KPTM
Kuala Lumpur.
 Why we should solve this problem?
 To help students get high marks for speaking assessment
 To increase their level of proficiency in oral
communication
 To build students’ confidence level in oral
communication
 To make English classes more meaningful for them.

5. The research objectives of this research are:
 To suggest effective instructional strategies that
promote forum discussion.
 To identify the communication barriers faced by
students in the classroom.
 To investigate whether forum discussion helps to
enhance students oral communication skills.

6. The research questions of this study are as follows:
 What are the effective instructional strategies that
can help to promote forum discussion?
 What are the communication barriers faced by
students in the classroom?
 How can forum discussion helps to enhance students
oral communication skills?

7. RESEARCH QUESTIONS IV DV
INSTRUMENTS
1. What are the effective
instructional strategies that
can help to promote forum
discussion?
Forum
discussion
Effective
instructional
strategies
Observation
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2. What are the
communication barriers
faced by students in the
classroom?
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Communication
barriers
Questionnaire
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3. How can forum discussion
helps to enhance students
oral communication skills?
Forum
discussion
Oral communication
skills
Observation
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8. ORAL
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
BARRIERS
EFFECTIVE
INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES
FORUM
DISCUSSION
Conceptual Framework

9.  Quantitative Research
 Experimental Designs:
To establish possible cause and effect between forum
presentation and students’ oral communication skills.
Experimental Group: Using Forum Discussion in class.
Control Group: Traditional teaching and learning classroom.

10.  There are 2 tools that will be used in this research:
Observation Questionnaire
•Monitor and watch closely
teaching learning process and
collect the data from result of
action.
–Identify how forum presentation
can help students’ oral
communication skills
–Identify effective instructional
strategies
•2 observation checklist will be
used; students’ participation in
forum discussion and teacher’s
involvement in giving
instructions.
•Will be given before the learning
process to identify barriers of oral
communications faced by
students.
•Solely focused on students’ point
of view/experience.

11. RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
INSTRUMENTS ANALYSIS
1. What are the effective
instructional strategies that
can help to promote forum
discussion?
Observation Data is collected by using
classroom observation checklist.
2. What are the
communication barriers
faced by students in the
classroom?
Questionnaire Data is analyzed to the
frequency (percentage), mean
and standard deviation for each
item.
3. How can forum
discussion helps to
enhance students oral
communication skills?
Observation Data is collected by using group
observation checklist.