3.0 METHODOLOGY 3.

1 Introduction In this study, the Law students will know their level of anxiety and confidence when they speak in front of public generally and friends specifically. Other than that, this study will tell the lecturers of the subject: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in knowing their students ability in speaking skills. It will also help the lecturers to help the students for more improvements. Besides, this study will also help the universities in becoming more aware of the problem. Thus, this study will answer these five research questions which are, what is the Law students level of speaking anxiety?, what is the law students level of confidence when speaking?, is there any significant difference in Law students level of speaking anxiety based on their demographic details?, is there any significant difference in Law students level of confidence when speaking based on their demographic details? and is there any significant relationship between Law students level of speaking anxiety and Law students level of confidence when speaking?. The first part of this chapter describes the research design adopted for this study and its reasons. The following part will explains the sample and sample selection. The next part of this chapter illustrates the instrument and method of data collection procedure. Finally, the data analysis procedure is described.

3.2 Research Design This study employed the quantitative research as it aimed to establish relationships between variables and look for explanations of the basis of such relationship (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2008). Apart from that, this study also adopted the correlational approach to gather the data. Through this approach, the relationship between two or more variables was determined (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2008). This approach does not require the researcher to have any manipulation or intervention. Thus, in correlational method, the researcher only needed to administer the necessary instrument(s) in order to collect the necessary data and to maximize what can be learnt from it. The reason to adopt these approaches was because in this research, there was no intervention or control group required. This research only wants to

identify Law students level of speaking anxiety, to identify law students level of confidence when speaking, to determine if there is any significant difference in Law students level of speaking anxiety based on their demographic details, to determine if there is any significant difference in Law students level of confidence when speaking based on their demographic details and to examine the relationship between Law students level of speaking anxiety and Law students level of confidence when speaking. Self-administered survey or questionnaire is chosen as the data collection method as it is believed that this study will be confined by time and cost limitation. Holmes, Hazadiah & Habibah (2005) suggested that a survey is usually utilized as a timesaving method in gathering data in a naturalistic environment. Other than that, by using this method, it does not consume a lot of time. Completing questionnaires does not take a long time if compared to interviews and observations and respondents can write what they really think which could be limited during interviews (Wallen & Fraenkel, 2009). Moreover, this method was utilized because it would be the most efficient way to learn about students level of anxiety and confidence. It enables the researcher to ask a wide range of questions, often with forced choice responses, which are fairly easy to code and to analyze. This method is also employed because the researcher will try to obtain information directly from the students about their level of anxiety and confidence. It is also believed that this method is less intimidating which will offer the students with more anonymity than a formal interview. In conclusion, the survey method seems to be the best method for obtaining the kind of information the researcher is seeking.

3.3 Research Population The population for this study will be chosen among Law students from four universities: two public universities and two private universities. The universities that will be chosen are Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Taylors University and Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam. The researcher chooses these four universities because these universities offer Degree of Law and it is convenient for the researcher. The Law students that will be chosen

are 30 students from each university. This will make total of the respondents are 120 students. These students are chosen because they are the reliable respondents for this study. In this study, the researcher will use simple random sampling technique was utilised when selecting the sample for this study. This is to ensure that every student will be selected from each university has equal chance of being selected for the study. Furthermore, the researcher believes that university students are matured enough to answer the questions given to them as they are now young adults (Kagan & Coles, 1972). When going into adulthood, young adults were able to think of abstract things like interests, perspectives and attitudes better (Steinberg, 2005). They were also more likely than children and adolescents to see things as relative, rather than absolute. 3.4 Research Instrument This research will be using a self-administered survey, so the data will be collected through two sets of questionnaires. In these two self-administered survey, respondents must first recognise the information in order for them to understand it. Then the respondents must understand the layout of the questionnaires as well as the statements. Respondents need to respond the questions according to the categories in the questionnaire and they are given the instructions beforehand (Jenkins and Dillman, 1995). The questionnaires that will be used are adapted and adopted from Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope (1986) and (one more questionnaire still in searching)

3.5 Methods of Data Collection The method of data collection for this study is the researcher will distribute the questionnaires to the students to the four universities. Later, the researcher will go and collect the questionnaires after one week. 3.6 Methods of Data Analysis The data will be analysed and presented in the form of means, standard deviations, independent sample t test, ANOVA and Post Hoc Tests in pie charts and tables.