4.

2 Data Analysis (Interview)

We have managed to get 3 interviewees to be our respondents. There are from the faculty of

Education and Social Sciences (FESS) majoring in Bachelor in Islamic Studies. All 3 of them

are now currently in their 8th semester. We have adapted an interview questions from

(Paweena Chatsungneon 2015) to find out what are their opinions on particular skills in

English that is needed to be focused on when it comes to Technical English class. The

questions are as follows;

Theme A : Personal information

1. Age

2. Gender

3. course/ semester

Theme B : Language information about learners

4. What language skills do you think you are good at?

5. Which language skills you are worst in ?

6. Why do you think you are weak in that area?

7. How do you think you can improve your performance in

reading/writing/speaking and listening?

8. What content do you think should be in your technical English class?

9. What is the learning activity that helps you to learn better? (Group work /Pair

work /Individual work/Outside classroom activities/others?)

10. What kind of task and activity should be involved in the course ?

11. How many hours of English class do you think is efficient for you?

12. How do the lecturers in technical English class taught you?

“- Speaking….. because Not used to and rarely talk in English sebab dengan kawan and
family pun cakap melayu”. – Respondent 1
“ I think speaking …… since Pronounce and different word in British and
American” – Respondent 2
“Speaking …….Why? I don't have wide knowledge about vocab and grammar”-Respondent
3

Based on the first and second questions, The researcher found that these students are having

difficulties especially in speaking in English. When we asked them why, our first respondent

said that she rarely speaks in English because she is not used to the language. Her family,

friends all uses Bahasa as a medium to communicate so she does not feel the need to speak in

English. One of the respondents stated that he refused to speak in English because he

somehow feels like the word used in English are really hard to pronounce especially when it

comes to accent. Lastly, Our respondents stated that he choose not to speak in English

because he does not have much knowledge about grammar and vocabulary.

“Listen to English song and watch movie while read English subtitle” – Respondent 1
“Practice consistently and make fun way to learn”-Respondent 2
“By doing some revision, replay, research, and improvise”- Respondent 3

Moving on to the forth questions, researchers asked them on how do they think they

can improve their speaking skills. Respondent 1 that she always has been using songs and

movies as a platform to learn, so she stated that she will try to use them efficiently to improve

her language. As for the 2nd respondent he stated that he need to practice consistently and try
to learn in a more fun away. Our last respondent stated that he need to do a lot more revision

to improve his speaking skill.

“….. I think grammar”-Respondent 1

“ Grammar and basic thing about English”- Respondent 2

“Grammar and vocabulary”- Respondent 3

To improve the quality of the syllabus, we have asked all of the interviewees on what

are their opinions about the content that should be in their English Technical class.

Surprisingly, All of our respondent A, B and C mentioned that the syllabus should create

more activity on emphasizing grammar.

“Outside classroom activities ……role play ” –Respondent 1

“Grouping task and outside activities”-Respondent 2
“Group work, it shares each other opinion and knowledge that we can learn together” –
Respondent 3

The last 4 questions that were asked are regarding on what do they wish to have in

their English Technical class. Based on the interview session that was carried out, it shows

that respondent 2&3 prefer a group task activity, however as for the 1strespondent she said

that she prefers an outside classroom activity and a role play should be involved in technical

English class as it is the best way to learn English.

 “2 hour………. teach and give worksheet” –Respondent 1
“3 Hours….. Simple and compact – Respondent 2
“2 hours, more than that it will boring and sleepy…….By giving us handout exercises,
presentation task, storytelling” –Respondent 3

We did asked all of our respondents on how many hours do they think are sufficient

enough for their technical English class, Respondent 1&3 agreed that 2 hours per week is

enough for them. As for our 2ndrespondent, he stated that 3 hours is the sufficient time for his

technical English class. Lastly, we would like to know on what are their perceptions towards

their lecturer during Technical English class, Our 1st respondent mentioned that her lecturer

uses worksheet during the lesson. Respondent A and B stated that their lecturer are very

straightforward and this is actually helping them a lot in understanding the content.
4.3 Language Analysis On Pronunciation, Grammar, Vocabulary and Sentences.

Structure
Based on the questionnaires, the data that was collected was then were analyse using the
qualitative method. Then, the researchers conducted an interview session to observe their
proficiency in the English Language. Throughout the interview session, researcher found that
the interviews tend to make a lot of error when speaking.

4.3.1 Pronunciation
Error Error Analysis
Respondent 1 mispronounce the word The right pronunciation is; /əˈbʌv/
“above”
Respondent 2 mispronounce the word The right pronunciation is; /aksɛnt/
“accent”
Respondent 3 mispronounce the word The right pronunciation is /ˈaʊə(r)/
“hour”
4.3.2 Grammar
Error Error Analysis
Respondent 1 said Respondent forgot to add the word “it” in
“Not used to and rarely talk in English” her sentences.

The sentence should be “not used to it and

rarely speak in English”
Respondent 3 said Respondent should have add the word “be”.
“2 hours, more than that it will boring and The sentences should be
sleepy”
“2 hours, more than that it be will boring
and sleepy”

4.3.3 Vocabulary
Error Error Analysis
Respondent 1 stated that It would have been better if the respondent
replaced the word talk with speak.
“not used to and rarely talk in English” So the sentence would be “not used to it and
I rarely speak in English”
Respondent 2 mentioned that The word “compact” used in this sentence
does not really help in describing the way
“simple and compact” someone is teaching. Looks like the
respondent is just direct translating the word
from his native language.
Respondent 3 said Misused of vocabulary
“by doing some revision, replay, research The word “replay” should be replaced with
and…” role play. So the sentence would be

“by doing some revision, role play, research

and….’
4.3.4 Sentence Structure
Error Error Analysis
Respondent 1 said We can see that respondent 1 are mixing 2
languages in one sentences. . The proper
““- Speaking….. because Not used to way to say it is
and rarely talk in English sebab dengan
kawan and family pun cakap melayu”. “I am not fluent in speaking English since I
rarely use it because I don’t feel the need in
using it because I speak Malay all the time
with my family and friends”
Respondent 2 mentioned The correct way on how to say is

“Pronounce and different word in British “Pronunciation in different accent like

and American” British and American”
Respondent 3 said The correct way to say it are
“group work, it shares each other opinion
and knowledge that we can learn together” “By having a group work activity, it will
develop us more in sharing opinions so that
we can enhance our knowledge together”