Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms
This study investigated the effectiveness of groupwork as a learning strategy during class lectures and discussions to promote active participation, boost self-confidence and attain higher course achievement among pre-university students studying in an intensive English course. Students were exposed...
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| author | Sahar, Rafidah Abdullah, Nur Nabilah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza |
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| description | This study investigated the effectiveness of groupwork as a learning strategy during class lectures and discussions to promote active participation, boost self-confidence and attain higher course achievement among pre-university students studying in an intensive English course. Students were exposed to a variety of strategies that incorporated the essesnce of groupwork learning to reduce their anxiety in oral communication. Students' communication apprehension (CA) scores at the beginning and at the end of the course were compared. The results illustrated that in general students' level of anxiety was reduced from a very high level of CA to a modestly high level of CA when groupwork was used as a learning strategy, which in turn, encouraged them to actively partake in communicative activities, thus enhancing their learning. |
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| spelling | iium-269742019-12-04T00:41:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26974/ Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms Sahar, Rafidah Abdullah, Nur Nabilah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) This study investigated the effectiveness of groupwork as a learning strategy during class lectures and discussions to promote active participation, boost self-confidence and attain higher course achievement among pre-university students studying in an intensive English course. Students were exposed to a variety of strategies that incorporated the essesnce of groupwork learning to reduce their anxiety in oral communication. Students' communication apprehension (CA) scores at the beginning and at the end of the course were compared. The results illustrated that in general students' level of anxiety was reduced from a very high level of CA to a modestly high level of CA when groupwork was used as a learning strategy, which in turn, encouraged them to actively partake in communicative activities, thus enhancing their learning. IIUM Press 2011-12 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26974/2/1.pdf Sahar, Rafidah and Abdullah, Nur Nabilah and Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza (2011) Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms. In: Research Insights in English Teaching and Learning. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 1-21. ISBN 978-967-418-028-7 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx |
| spellingShingle | LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) Sahar, Rafidah Abdullah, Nur Nabilah Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title | Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title_full | Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title_fullStr | Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title_short | Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms |
| title_sort | minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in english classrooms |
| topic | LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) |
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