Hello Turnitin

Hi All,

Well, the day has finally come. I believe that most of my friends have been working very hard to work on their research proposal. It is a proposal, but that doesn't mean that you have to not take it seriously right? And I, too have been working on such sleepless nights to complete this research proposal.. and yes, it's that time--> SUBMISSION of research proposal...

I have to say that this is a truly new experience for me that for all this while, if I ever need to submit any report writing, or say research proposal during my degree programme, it's more towards handing the hard copy straight away to the lecturer's hand..

However, as the world evolves along with the world of modernisation in technology, there's a new way of submitting the research proposal. Well, yes, I am excited, but a little anxious. My classmates and I are required to submit our research proposal through an online portal called Turnintin. Have you ever heard of it? Let me share with you ya :)

Let me share something about this Turnitin --> Well, this is the correct way to say it TURN IT IN .. :) (Don't worry, I am having quite some time to pronounce this properly)

Now, this portal enables you to submit your research proposal. Such benefits are, lecturers are able to check on whether or not the person's report, or thesis, or any documents are related to any plagiarism... Can you tell how easy things are nowadays? Just a click away, isn't it?

First thing you see once you click www.turnitin.com 

You Have to First Create a Profile 

Once you're Profile is Activated, you can always log in. :) 

This is what you'll see once you log in. Oh ya, during the registration, you need to out in the Class ID and such. p/s:  Please get it from your lecturer :) 

So here's the thing that uou'll see :) they will let you know how much is your paper similar to what their data has - whether or not it is 100% plagiarized 

Well, I hope this sharing session could give you some insights on what Turnitin is :)

go google now!

Alert! Changes of Research Topic

Hi Everybody!

If you still remember my earlier post, I have posted on my research topic - or basically on the the post "Determining Research Topic".

I have sent the first task to Dr Teoh and I got a feedback from her. I went for a consultation with her - to get her opinion on my topic as well as to discuss on what she commented on my research topic.

At first, I didn't notice that the topic would be quite vague, therefore it is needed to be narrow down and to remember that this is a Qualitative Research.

Throughout the discussion, I learned that I need to be more specific on the research that is going to be carried out. As such, I need to be aware that I need to have two groups to experiment on the implementation of journal writing..

Therefore, I came out with a more specific topic, which is The Use of Journal Writing in Developing Writing Skills Among ESL Learners at Tertiary Level in Malaysia.

For the research objectives, not much changes have been made. I basically want to see the relationship on whether or not it helps learners to be motivated to write more, and perhaps there would be an addition of new words among learners who participate in journal writing. who knows? :)