ASSIGN TASK

  TITLE: A Study on English Proficiency Level Among             IKM Bintulu Rural Students

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES	RESEARCH QUESTIONS	RESEARCH DESIGN
1.    To determine the levels of English Language Proficiency among IKM Bintulu rural students.	What are the levels of English Language proficiency among IKM Bintulu rural students?	Research Approach  Quantitative Approach Research Design  Survey – This is a cross-sectional survey research design as the RO is to determine the level of IKM Bintulu rural students’ English Language proficiency. Thus, the main concern here is to get the students’ English Language proficiency where the data is collected at just one point of time. Research Instruments Test Interview Data Analysis The Test data will be analysed by using Percentage analysis while the Interview will analyse Content analysis.
2.    To identify the problems which lead to the lower proficiency of the IKM Bintulu rural students	What are the causes of low English Language proficiency among IKM Bintulu rural students?	Research Approach  Qualitative Approach Research Design  Survey – As this RO is to identify the problems which lead to the lower proficiency of the students, this is again a cross-sectional survey research design because the RO is only collecting data on students’ problems of low English language proficiency which is also to be collected at one point of time. Research Instruments Questionnaire Data Analysis Descriptive statistics will be used as the information to be collected will be in many scores and will be described with a few indices which are mean and standard deviation. The findings from questionnaires will definitely be clarified through a narrative description of some sort.
3.    To propose the most suitable approach to be implemented in improving English Language proficiency among IKM Bintulu rural students.	What are the ways that can be implemented to improve the English Language proficiency among IKM Bintulu rural students?	Research Approach Qualitative Approach Research Design  Survey – In order to achieve the most suitable approach to improve English Language proficiency (RO), the main way to collect information is through asking questions. The answer to these questions by the samples will constitute the data of the study. Thus, it is believed that a Cross-Sectional Survey is again appropriate to be used for collecting the data. Research Instruments Questionnaire Interview Data Analysis As the information to be collected will be in many scores, Descriptive statistics will be used to describe with a few indices which are mean and standard deviation. The findings from questionnaires thus to be clarified through a narrative description of some sort while the Interview will be analysed by using Content analysis.