Interview Data Analysis Learning English Language

Interview data analysis

Analysis of students’ interview

1. Why are you learning English language?

Reasons Frequency

1) To make future bright 3

2) For improvement 2

3) To get more educated 1

For this question several reasons were gathered from the interviewees. Overall shows that students are intrinsically motivated to learn English language and they want to make their future bright and also get more education by learning English.

2. Are you able to write anything by yourself? If no, then why?

Answers Frequency

Yes 2

Sometimes 3

No 1

This question explores the ability of the students’ in writing. One of the students who gave positive response for this question, said,

Interviewee 1: Yes, I can write in my own words.

Whereas, those

Majority of the students’ are interested because they like it, they enjoy it and they feel it easy. Whereas some of them do not have interest and they feel it difficult. It shows that students enjoy and feel fear to write whatever they want to write. It is clearly shown that they are interested to write.

4. What kind of topic do you like to read in class?

Answers Frequency

Informative 3

Adventurous 1

Religious 2

Answer of this question demonstrated that every student have interest in different topics to read. Some are interested to read informative and adventurous topic and some want to read religious ones. Most of the students read informative topics and if teacher provide them in class so they are internally motivated because reading is directly related with writing.

5. Do you feel bad if you fail to write? Then what you do?

Answers Frequency

Yes 5

No 1

Usually students fail to write in class and instead of overcoming their mistakes they stop taking part in writing and sit aside. Five interviewees agreed on this issue. Some of them said,

Interviewee 1: “Yes, I feel bad and jab ek bar ghalat likh deti hon”

Interviewee 5: Yes, phir himmat nahin hoti again nahin

Some of the interviewee took part to get good marks and reward, some of them want to increase their knowledge and build confidence and some of them want to polish themselves in writing skills. The result reveals that they are internally motivated towards the writing.

9. Does your teacher give proper attention to improve writing skills?

Answers Frequency

Yes 6

No 0

In order to find out teacher strategy used in class in the area of writing this question was asked so, for it, all of the interviewee agreed that their teacher give proper attention on these areas. Through this result, it is evident that if teacher give them proper attention so the students will be internally motivated towards the writing.

10. Do you hesitate in writing in front of your class? If yes then why?

Answers Frequency

Yes 4

No 2

This question reveals students’ confidence in the area of writing. Result shows that four of the interviewees feel hesitation in writing in front of the whole class. It proved by one of the dialogue which is as follows:

Interviewee 5: Yes, Dar lagta hai _ mistake hogai to sab bachay hasai gay, mazak