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1. Writing Research Method
PROPOSAL
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2. Research topic
• Attitudes and motivational factors in learning
English Language among Form 6 students in a
rural school.

3. Background of the study (setting)
• Study the motivation and attitudes of
students in a rural school in learning English.
• Focus on Form 6 students who learn English as
a second language.
• Factors that affect the students’ motivation in
learning English (self-efficacy, environment,
attitude, opinions).

4. Statement of the Problem
• Students are demotivated in learning a
language due to various factors, this will lead
them of being inattentive in class, unable to
master a language and being passive in the
classroom
• Adana Bilim(2013), Tran and Baldauf Jr. (2007)
said that students lose their enthusiasm
towards language learning due to negative
feelings.

5. • Limitation and restriction of the study
- small sample size: cannot represent the
whole population.
- no comparison: lacking of time.

6. Objectives of the study
1. To identify the students’ attitude towards
English language and the learning of English
language.
2. To determine the factors affecting the
students’ motivation in the learning of English
language.

7. Research questions
1. What are the students’ attitudes towards
English language and the learning of English
language?
2. What are the factors affecting the students’
motivation in learning English language?

8. Theoretical perspectives (one theory
to support your study)
• Attribution Theory attempts to explain the world and to determine the cause of an event or
behavior (e.g. why people do what they do).
• Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do, that is,
interpret causes to an event or behavior[1]. A three-stage process underlies an attribution:
- Behavior must be observed/perceived
- Behavior must be determined to be intentional
- Behavior attributed to internal or external causes
• Motivation Theory
- The theory states that the intensity of a tendency to perform in a particular manner is
dependent on the intensity of an expectation that the performance will be followed by a definite
outcome and on the appeal of the outcome to the individual.
• Self-efficacy, or confidence as it is commonly known, is one of the most enabling psychology
models to have been adopted into positive psychology. It is the optimistic self-belief in our
competence or chances of successfully accomplishing a task and producing a favourable outcome.

9. Significance of the study
It is hoped that this study can provide insights to
the English language teachers about students’
attitude and motivation in learning so that the
teachers can stimulate a better and active way
of learning English language.

10. Literature Review
Title Author/Y
ear
Research
questions
Objectives Methods/inst
ruments
Data
Analysis
Findings
Motivation
and
attitudes for
learning
English
among year
six students
in primary
rural school
Melor Md
Yunusa ,
Nur
Rashidah
Khairunnisa
Ranjeeta
Bt.
Abdullah
(2011)
1. what are the
students’
attitudes
towards English
Language and
learning the
language
2. what factors
affect the
students’
motivation in
learning English
language
1. to identify
the factors
that affecting
student’s
motivation in
English
language
learning
questionnaires
adapted by
Williams and
Burden (1997)
Data was
collected
using
frequency
counts and
then were
converted
into
percentage
Students
appeared to have
a positive
attitude towards
learning the
English language
and
environmental
support factors
also showed
favourable
responses
towards these
students learning
the English
language.

11. Title Author Research
questions
Objectives Methods/inst
ruments
Data
Analysis
Findings
A Survey
Study of
Motivation
in English
Language
Learning of
First Year
Undergradu
ate Students
at Sindhorn
Internationa
l Institute of
Technology(
SIIT),
Thammasat
University
Ratanawale
e
Wimolmas
(2012)
1. What is the
level of
motivation
among these
first year
undergraduate
students at SIIT,
Thammasat
University
towards
Engllish
Language
learning?
2. Are they
predominantly
integratively or
instrumentally
motivated
towards English
language
learning ?
1. To
determine the
motivational
level of the
first year
undergraduate
students at
SIIT,
Thammasat
University
2. To
determine if
they are more
integratively
or
instrumentally
motivated
English
language
learning.
Questionnaires Data
obtained
from the
questionnaire
s were
analyzed
using the
SPSS
program.
1. Students are
highly motivated
to learn English.
2. The students
are slightly more
strongly
instrumentally
motivated to
learn English.

12. Title Author Research
questions
Objectives Methods/inst
ruments
Data
Analysis
Findings
Attitudes,
Motivation
, and
difficulties
involved in
learning
the English
language
and factors
that affect
motivation
in learning
it.
Nada al
Rifai, 2010
What is the
students’
attitude
toward
learning the
English
language?
What are the
outcomes in
changing and
adopting a
new learning
strategies
toward
learning
English?
To investigate
the students’
attitude
toward
learning the
English
language.
To investigate
the outcomes
in changing
and adopting a
new learning
strategies
toward
learning
English?
Questionnair
es that were
circulated to
the students
of the college
who are
studying
English as a
second
language.
• All the
dependent
variables
were
classified
into
various
sections.
• The
dependent
variables
for each
section
were
added
together and
their average
scores taken.
• The attitude of
the student
increases,
integrative or
instrumental
motivation also
increases, or vice
versa.
• If the attitude
toward
learning
English
increases, the
student
gets much more
in ‘class courses’
and also from
teachers during
the teaching
sessions.

13. Methodology
Subjects/samples/respondents
The target sample that we will use to answer the
questionnaire is a group of 35 students from
SMK Padang Midin in Terengganu.
Method of data collection
-The data will be collected in questionnaire
form.
The questions will be adapted from a previous
study conducted by RC Gardner(1985).

14. Procedure/steps
Get consent form from FBMK and
get consent from target school
Design the questionnaire Likert
method
Collect data from respondents
Analyse data using SPSS or
manually.

15. Data analysis
The data will be analysed using SPSS program.
A frequency count will be conducted and the
result will be presented in percentage form.