GLT1011 TECHNICAL WRITING SKILLS IN ENGLISH

SEMESTER 1, SESSION 2018/2019

Plan of Research

Class : K10 Class Teacher: Mr. Maher Vann Singh A/L Hari Singh

Group members :
1) Name: Nur Amira Binti Musa Matric. No.: KED150020
2) Name: Azra Afiqah Binti Mohd Amir Matric. No.: KED150002
3) Name: Amni Nadhirah Binti Anuar Matric. No.: CIC170004
4) Name: Aqilah Syafiqah Binti Faridun Yusri Matric. No.: CIC170006

Type of Issue: Lifestyle

Title of Project (Tentative): Unhealthy Lifestyle Among UM Students

Primary Audience: University of Malaya’s students

1. Statement of Problem
Students have various of lifestyle that they may practise to cope with their life at the
university. Some may be healthy and some may be not. However, unhealthy lifestyle
among UM students where they do not keep and improve their health or well-being is a
concern that could lead to adverse effects on their performance in the faculty. Many
factors such as too much gaming, junk food, college/faculty activities or lack of exercise
could deteriorate their health physically and emotionally.

2. Background to the Problem

The unhealthy lifestyle among University of Malaya students is particularly alarming in
recent years. This is worrying because the University of Malaya goal is to produce active
and healthy students without neglecting and emphasizing their studies.

3. Possible Causes/Reasons

i. Stress
- Students often make unhealthy lifestyle choices that could impact their health
when in stress such that they exercise less, eat junk food, sleep less, etc.

ii. Ignorance
- Students does not bother about earning the knowledge regarding proper and
improper diet effects that could either benefit or harm themselves.

iii. Surroundings
- Values and attitudes of family and society that influences students into
acquiring bad habits and behaviour patterns.

iv. Situational Factors

- The growing number of fast-food restaurant around UM could also be the
reason that students chose to lead unhealthy lifestyle.

4. Possible Consequences

i. Health Issues

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 - Practicing unhealthy lifestyle can lead to health complication such as high
blood sugar content, hypertension and so on. Due to lack of exercise and
uncontrolled fast food consumption, students can easily obtain these
complications.

ii. Emotional Issues

- Emotional issues usually arise either they involved in community or neglected
it. By joining a lot of college/faculty projects, they might feel stress due to the
workload and may experience mental fatigue as they trying to cope with both
studies and projects. Minimal involvements in the society also lead to
depression.

iii. Academic performance

- Unhealthy lifestyle may affect the students’ academic performance. Due to
the less nutritional food consumption, lack of sleep and physical activities,
they not able to concentrate during class and studies. This may lead to a less
desired CGPA and later lead to depression.

iv. Less productivity

- Productivity level is correlated with emotional issues. The more students
experienced emotional issues, the less productive they become.

v. Daily expenses
- Spending more money on food especially fast food, increases the cost of
daily living for the students. Since the fast food is expensive, students may
have trouble in spending money on other things.

5. Data Gathering Methods

i. Survey
ii. Interview

6. Work Allocation

Problem statement – Azra

Background of problem – Amni
Possible causes/reasons – Aqila
Possible consequences – Amira
Data Gathering method – Amira