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IMPROVING WORD SPACING BY USING
STICKER METHOD

NURUL AIN BINTI IBRAHIM

PISMP TESL (SEM 6 JUNE 2016 INTAKE)
MADAM EMISHARINA BINTI ISMAIL

INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU

KAMPUS KOTA BHARU
2019
 CONTENTS

Page

1.0 Introduction

1.1 Research background and context 1

1.2 Reflection on teaching and learning experience 2

1.3 Preliminary data collection 3

2.0 Research Focus

2.1 Description of research focus 4

2.2 Action/ Innovation 5

2.3 Research objectives 7

2.4 Research questions 7

2.5 Research participants (Correspondents) 7

3.0 Recommendation of Action Plan

3.1 Steps involved 8

3.2 Data collection method 10

3.3 Data analysis method 11

References 14

Appendices
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1
Field note form

DATE/ DAY:
TIME:
ACTIVITY:

NOTES:

APPENDIX 2

Interview questions
1. What is your feeling when using the sticker method while writing sentences?

2. What is your feeling when writing before you are using sticker method?

3. Are you happy using sticker method?

4. Are you feeling confident when using sticker method?

APPENDIX 3

Sample of texts
1.The dogs are under the bridge.

2. Hamsters are clever animals.

3. She walks to school every day.

4. She has two pencils. The pencils are red.

5. My father bought a Samsung mobile phone.

6. John cooks lunch for his brother every Saturday.

7. A fisherman goes out to the sea early every morning.

8. They were many people at the jetty because it was weekend.

9. A man ran behind the cupboard when we walked into the room.

10.Whales are mammals even though they live in the ocean. They cannot breathe under
water. They have to go to the surface to breathe. They breathe through a hole on top of their
head. There are many types of whales. The blue whale is the largest animal in the
world. It can grow to about 37 meters long and weigh about 150 000 kilogrammes.
What do whales eat? Some eat krill (small fish) and plankton (small, plants and fish).
Others eat fish, squid and even seals.