INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES
The use of English as a second language (ESL) in oral communication is crucial for science and technology undergraduates. However, studies have found that Malaysian undergraduates continue to struggle with low levels of English oral communication due to several factors such as speaking anxiety, lo...
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| author | Badrasawi, Kamal J I Sidik, Sakinah Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Md Johar, Elia |
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| description | The use of English as a second language (ESL) in oral communication is crucial for science and technology
undergraduates. However, studies have found that Malaysian undergraduates continue to struggle with
low levels of English oral communication due to several factors such as speaking anxiety, low selfconfidence and low perceived ability in oral communication. There is still a need for further research to
investigate the inter-relationships among these factors, and how they affect the English oral
communication level among Malaysian science and technology undergraduates. Hence, this study aimed
to identify the levels of English speaking anxiety, self-confidence and perceived ability in English oral
communication, and find inter-relationships among the three factors. Three hundred (300) final year
science and technology undergraduates were selected from three Malaysian public universities to
complete a survey on factors affecting English oral communication. The Rasch Measurement modeling
for polytomous data, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient test were utilized to
analyze the collected data. Overall, science and technology undergraduates showed moderate level of
speaking anxiety, low self-confidence, and yet, high level of perceived ability in English oral
communication. There are significant negative relationships between English speaking anxiety with self confidence and perceived ability in English oral communication. Recommendations are presented based
on the research findings. |
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| spelling | iium-825572021-06-26T16:39:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82557/ INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES Badrasawi, Kamal J I Sidik, Sakinah Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Md Johar, Elia H Social Sciences (General) The use of English as a second language (ESL) in oral communication is crucial for science and technology undergraduates. However, studies have found that Malaysian undergraduates continue to struggle with low levels of English oral communication due to several factors such as speaking anxiety, low selfconfidence and low perceived ability in oral communication. There is still a need for further research to investigate the inter-relationships among these factors, and how they affect the English oral communication level among Malaysian science and technology undergraduates. Hence, this study aimed to identify the levels of English speaking anxiety, self-confidence and perceived ability in English oral communication, and find inter-relationships among the three factors. Three hundred (300) final year science and technology undergraduates were selected from three Malaysian public universities to complete a survey on factors affecting English oral communication. The Rasch Measurement modeling for polytomous data, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient test were utilized to analyze the collected data. Overall, science and technology undergraduates showed moderate level of speaking anxiety, low self-confidence, and yet, high level of perceived ability in English oral communication. There are significant negative relationships between English speaking anxiety with self confidence and perceived ability in English oral communication. Recommendations are presented based on the research findings. Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM 2020-08-25 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82557/1/82557_1.Cover%2520MICER%2520PROCEEDINGS%2520NEW.jpg application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82557/2/82557_2.%2520Table%2520of%2520Contents_MICER-HIGHER%2520EDUCATION.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82557/3/82557_3.%2520MICER_156_INTER-RELATIONSHIPS%2520AMONG%2520SPEAKING%2520ANXIETY%252C%2520CONFIDENCE%2520AND%2520PERCEIVED%2520ABILITY%2520IN%2520ENGLISH%2520ORAL%2520COMMUNICATION....pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82557/4/82557_MICER2020_Program%2520Book%2520Final.pdf Badrasawi, Kamal J I and Sidik, Sakinah and Abu Kassim, Noor Lide and Zubairi, Ainol Madziah and Md Johar, Elia (2020) INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES. In: Malaysia International Convention on Education Research & Management, 25-26 August 2020, Online conference. EISBN- 978-967-2072-38-6 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Badrasawi, Kamal J I Sidik, Sakinah Abu Kassim, Noor Lide Zubairi, Ainol Madziah Md Johar, Elia INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title | INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH
ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title_full | INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH
ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title_fullStr | INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH
ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title_full_unstemmed | INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH
ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title_short | INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG SPEAKING ANXIETY, CONFIDENCE AND PERCEIVED ABILITY IN ENGLISH
ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MALAYSIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATES |
| title_sort | inter-relationships among speaking anxiety, confidence and perceived ability in english
oral communication of malaysian science and technology undergraduates |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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