Friday, October 16, 2009

When "The Day" comes.

Not really "the day" la, but the time has finally come for me to start on my final year project/thesis. Seriously i have forgotten all about this until i opened my mail box to check my mail and i saw what my class rep sent me.

And then i thought
"Oh Shit."

Here was wat it said:

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

PERAK


30.09.09


Year 2 Semester 2 English Language students

Department of Language and Linguistics


FINAL YEAR PROJECT

This notice is a follow-up of the briefing held on 06.09.09 in the meeting room Faculty of Arts and Social Science.


At the briefing the following were announced:


COURSE : UALL 3004 PROJECT


CREDIT : 6


DUE :Trimester May 2010


1.0 Timeframe:


30.Nov 2009 - Prepare & Hand in Research Proposal

- Appointment of Supervisors (****!!! Thats like one month away man!!!)


01 Dec 2010 - Reading and Literature Review

- Preparing drafts/meeting supervisors

- Carrying out research / survey/data collection

- Analysis/findings/communicating results (Exam how?!! need to start so soon!!!)


15 April 2010 - Preparation of final copy

- Binding

- Hand in Report (Oh gosh! i have 5 subjects during that semester wor, HOW!!!!)


2.0 Preparation of the proposal (Due date: 30 November 2009)

The proposal is a short document (2 – 3 pages) which outlines your area of interest and a brief related literature review and other brief information as listed down below:


· Name:

· Course: English Language

· Title: {Your project title)

· Introduction:

· Statement of problem

· Purpose of the study:

· Research questions:

· Scope of study:

· Methodology:

· Significance of the study:

· Definitions of keywords/terms:


3.0 Supervisor

After the committee receives your proposal, you will be assigned a supervisor related to your area of study who will guide you as you continue to work in your chosen area. It is imperative that you meet your supervisor on a regular basis and the supervisor will keep a record of your meeting with him/her which will be handed in at the end of the project.


4.0 Document to unload from Web2

More details related to this project is posted in Web2 in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science website and you are required to download this document and keep it in your file. If you have any problems looking for this document, please seek Hui Ching’s help as she has been briefed on how to locate this document.


5.0 Other matters

From time to time important announcements will be communicated to you regarding the writing of your project paper. Please be alert and read the messages.


Final Year Project Committee

Department of Language and Linguistics

Faculty of Arts and Social Science

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Attention: renu@utar.edu.my

(Thats Mr Renu, my psycholinguistics and Language teaching lecturer)




Yup, thats it, i think gonna die seriously..looking at the time frame given..
Imagine this after all these nonsense, ill be a graduate and ill be looking for jobs and shit like that. Phew, i cant imagine myself getting a job staying out on my own, fending for my ownself, no mummy's cooking, starting a family................*faints*


Tai kor lui lo shu ern...







I dont wanna grow up!!!!!!