AE501: COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH MINI PROJECT

SHALENI KAVIRAJAN 08DEU13F2013YAMUNA GANASAN 08DEU13F2019

PHILOMEENA LAZAR 08DEU13F2023THARSHINI ELANGOVAN 08DEU13F2031

LECTURER: MISS SHAREEN LEE YONG YONG

TITLE: MUSIC PREFERENCES AMONG

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF POLYTECHNIC SULTAN SALAHUDDIN ABDUL

AZIZ SHAH

INTRODUCTION

What is MUSIC?

• A form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like or find interesting.

• The word music comes from the Greek word (mousike), which means "(art) of the Muses". In Ancient Greece the Muses included the goddesses of music, poetry, art, and dance. Music is an art form.

• Music comes from various sources like radio, television, IPod, MP3 players and etc. Music varies in genres, pop, rock, R&B etc.

• Strongest emotions may be brought on by listening to a piece of music and affects people in various ways from emotion regulation to cognitive development, along with providing a means for self-expression.

SURVEY OBJECTIVESThese are the primary objectives of the survey conducted:

• To find the effects of music to personality and emotion development among Electrical Engineering students of Polytechnic Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.

• To identify significant types of music that builds characters among students from Electrical Engineering department.

• To discover how music helps in emotional control among Electrical Engineering students.

METHODS

GANTT CHART

• Gantt chart.docx

QUESTIONNAIRE

GRAPHICAL RESULTS

QUESTION 1Do you think music influences an individual’s personality?

Percentage

Strongly agree 8

Agree 12

Strongly Agree40%

Agree60%

PERCENTAGE OF MUSIC INFLUENCE ON JKE STUDENTS' PERSONALITY DE-VELOPMENT

Strongly Agree Agree

QUESTION 2Why do you feel so? (based on question 1)

Genre of music Lyrics Individual's mentality0

2

4

6

8

10

12

56

1

3

4

1

FACTORS THAT AFFECT MUSIC PREFERENCES AMONG JKE STUDENTS

Column1Agree

Influencing factors

Num

ber o

f JKE

stud

ents

Strongly Agree Agree

Genre of music 5 3

Lyrics 6 4

Individual's mentality 1 1

QUESTION 3Favorite type of music

QUESTION 3Favorite type of music

Pop Country Instrumental Melody0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

109

1

5 5

FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC

Series 1

Music types

Num

ber o

f JKE

stu

dent

s

QUESTION 4How many hours do you spend listening to music on average per week?

2 to 4 hours 4 to 6 hours More than 8 hours0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

6

5

9

TIME SPENT BY JKE STUDENTS LISTENING TO MUSIC ON AVERAGE PER WEEK

Time range

Hour

s Hours Number of JKE students

2 to 4 hours 6

4 to 6 hours 5

More than 8 hours 9

QUESTION 5How do you think of a person?

QUESTION 5How do you think of a person?

Joyful Calm Energetic Motivated Moody Sociable Romantic Introvert Aggressive0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

10

9

11

6

5

9

10

5

3

9

8 8

12

10

5

8

7 7

0

3

1

2

3

4

1

5

6

1

0 0 0

2 2

1

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OPINIONS OF STUDENTS ON A PERSON WHO LISTENS MUSIC

Stongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree

Opinions

Num

ber o

s JKE

stud

ents

QUESTION 6When do you listen to music?

QUESTION 6When do you listen to music?

When bored Free time Studying time

Thinking Sleeping time

Dinner time Upset Anytime In the mood0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

3

2

4

1

3

2

1

3

1

Music listening time

Situations

Num

ber o

f JKE

stud

ents

QUESTION 7Why do you listen to music?

QUESTION 7Why do you listen to music?

Bored15%

Release tension30%

Love for the music10%

Concentration5%

Fuel energy25%

Peaceful mind5%

Motivate10%

Reasons why jke students listen to music

BoredRelease tensionLove for the musicConcentrationFuel energyPeaceful mindMotivate

QUESTION 8How do you feel while listening to music?

QUESTION 8How do you feel while listening to music?

Relax

Motivated

Calm

Joyful

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

7

2

10

1

FEELINGS OF JKE STUDENTS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC

Series 1

Number of JKE students

Feel

ings

QUESTION 9 & 10Do you find listening to music have impact on your emotions?

Agree Disagree0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

2018

2

OPINION OF JKE STUDENTS ON IMPACT OF MUSIC ON EMOTIONS

Series 1

Students’ opinion

Num

ber o

f JKE

stud

ents

Opinion Number of JKE students

Agree 18

Disagree 2

QUESTION 10: State your reason

Agree

Disagree

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

2

0

3

0

2

0

7 4

2

Reasons of Impact on Emotion Development

Feel calm Impressive lyrics More focusedHappy Reduce stress Entertaiment purpose

ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

• Most people AGREE that music influences one’s personality development.• High number of students AGREE that song lyrics is the major factor that contributes to a person’s personality

development.• Majority of the students (45%) PREFER pop or fast beat music and it is seem to be the SIGNIFICANT music that

helps in character building among electrical engineering students.• Approximately, 9 out of 20 students listen to music more than 8 hours in a week.• Many students AGREE that a person who listens to music radiates positive energy where the listeners seem to be

more MOTIVATED and ENERGETIC.• From overall comparison, most electrical engineering students prefer listen to music during their STUDYING TIME.• Release tension seem to be the main reason students listen to music with 30%. On the other hand, 6 out of 20

students prefer listening music to boost their energy.• From the analysis, being calm is the most significant emotion showed by the students who listen to music.• Many AGREE that music impacts one’s emotion because it makes them feel HAPPY. A small number of student

DISAGREE and claim that music is only for entertainment purpose and do not gives any effect on their feelings.

CONCLUSION

• It is proven that MUSIC gives more benefits than harm.• Relaxes a person and MUSIC definitely gives impact on an individual’s

personality and emotional development.

THANK YOU