A STUDY ON CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS IN SEMI-STRUCTURED QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWBASED RESEARCH

Abstract

This study aims to explore the challenges faced by English-majored students at Hanoi University in designing qualitative research projects that employ semi-structured interview as the primary research instrument. Semi-structured interviews were implemented with 10 student participants who have had limited experience in conducting research interviews. Thematic analysis was applied to analyze the data. The findings reveal that most students encountered difficulties in various stages of the research design process, including participation selection and sampling, research instrument development, data collection and data analysis. In response to these challenges, respective solutions were proposed to help students improve their research skills and to support teachers in the teaching of the Primary Research Methods module.