Reluctance To Speak In English Among Community College Students In Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorMahamud, Majdah
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-14T07:36:59Z
dc.date.available2019-01-14T07:36:59Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractEnglish is extensively used in industries. Therefore it is vital for our vocational and technology based students to be proficient in spoken English for a better local and international employment prospect. However many of the students were reluctant to speak in English in class. The mixed method study was concerned about the levels and correlations of communication apprehension perceived by the reluctant students in the Mother tongue and English, shyness and self-esteem. The respective levels were also measured according to courses and gender followed by a general description of a typical reluctant student. The purposive sampling was used to obtain 370 students who were studying in seven Community Colleges in nine different technical courses in the North of Malaysia. Quantitative analysis result obtained showed low level of CA in the Mother tongue, high level of CA in English, high level of shyness and moderately high self-esteem. The three correlations found were between CA in English and CA in the Mother tongue, between CA in English and shyness and between CA in the Mother tongue and shyness. The females were moderately shy compared to males. The consecutive qualitative results obtained showed that the reluctant English speakers experienced high level of CA in English Language, moderately shy, scored poorly in English at SPM level, had insufficient exposure to English outside schooling environment, practice avoidance in English classes, not motivated to seek assistance for English and did not study English after school. The typical reluctant English speaker tends to experience high levels of CA in English and shyness with low vocabulary and low support from their home.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7560
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectReluctance to speak in english amongen_US
dc.subjectcommunity college students in Malaysiaen_US
dc.titleReluctance To Speak In English Among Community College Students In Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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