A STUDY ON THE INTERRUPTION IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN GENDERS AMONG

KUPTM KL ENGLISH LANGUAGE APPLIED STUDENTS.

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
KOLEJ UNIVERSITY POLY- TECH MARA KUALA LUMPUR
BACHELOR OF ARTS APPLIED IN ENGLISH STUDIES (BE201)

Dear Respondents,

I am a student from KUPTM KL currently conducting a research for my

assignment for Subject Crafting and Effective Writer. The purpose conducting this
research is to identify which gender interrupt more frequently while having
conversations and the context of interruption happen between genders.
Please be assured that your responses will be treated so confidential and that survey will
only be used for academic purposes

Thank You,
NURUL JASIMAH BINTI MOHAMED IQBAL (AM1607001415)
INSTRUCTION: Please answer ALL questions by;
a) Putting a tick (/) in the appropriate box / columns or

A. RESPONDENTS BACKGROUND

1. Age :

18-25 years

26-30 years

31-40 years
Others: ________________________________

2. Gender :

Male

Female

3. Semester :

Semester 1-2

Semester 3-4

Semester 5-6
 B. OPINION ABOUT INTERRUPTIONS.

Please indicate the level of agreement with each statement by ticking ( / ) the
appropriate column.
NO QUESTIONS STRONGLY AGRE DISAGREE STRONGLY
. AGREE E DISAGREE
1. Men are more likely to interrupt women,
rather than interrupting other men.
02 During conversations, women spend more
.
time looking at their partner than men do.
03 Men not only control the content of
.
conversations, they also work harder in
keeping conversations going.
04 Female students communicate with more
.
emotional openness and drama than male
students.
05 Female students interrupt the conversation
.
only when necessary.
06. In classroom communications, male
students receive more criticism.
07. When a male speaks, he listened more
carefully than a female speaker, even when
the presentation made are identical.
08. In classroom when lesson is going on,
male students are more active in giving
opinion.
09. Sometimes interruption happen because
women cannot control their emotions
regarding the issue.
10. While having conversation, women are
more likely to communicate important issue
only.
 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.

1. Men talk more than women. What is your opinion regarding this statement?
2. In your own opinion which gender interrupt more while having conversation?

3. Is gender really that important in defining the way people interact with each other?

4. Can interruption in conversation lead to arguments between both genders?

5. What are the differences that you can see when interruption happen between male and

female?