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Two Samples of Students' Practical Projects

 
Note to the Appendix

For both students and tutors, two samples of students' practical projects are included. In order to give you an authetic picture of what real-life students' projects look like, no editing has been made on the original texts, although the original formats and layouts have been slightly altered in order to cut the length of the appendix to its tolerable size.

Note that the samples should not be treated as the models for students to follow blindly.

The authors of the present book would like to take this opportunity to thank the two students who are kind enough to allow their projects to be included in the appendix.



 
 
Main Headings of the Project Report

1. Project objective
2. Project hypothesis
3. Project rationale
4. Correction work design
5. Control and target groups
6. Project implementation
7. Project evaluation
8. Project findings and discussion

References:

Appendix:
A. The timetable of the project
B. The methods of problem analysis
C. Teaching notes
D. Diaries
E. Writing exercises (not attached)
F. Students' handouts (not attached)


Problem identification:

First I identify a problem based on my teaching experience. That is: Although I spend a lot of time correcting my students' errors in their writing, some of them always seem to make them again.

I examined my problem scientifically to see whether it is researchable. I discussed and agreed the problem with the tutor. At the same time, I worked out the time table of my project.( to see Appendix)

Second I used several methods of problem analysis to analyze the problem.(to see Appendix) They are the analytic method, cause analysis, interview and brainstorming. Through the problem analysis, I came to know that "Some of my students tend to make the same errors that I'd corrected before is mainly due to my ineffective error-correction techniques. I have made up my mind to solve the problem.