Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor

The aim of this study was to investigate whether Islamic Education Student Teachers (IEST) reported feelings of language anxiety and inadequacy in their reading comprehension. Quanti-tative data were collected through administering a questionnaire to determine the levels of anx-iety reported by the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kalthom Husain, Puziah Abd Wahab, Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain, Haniza Othman, Aida Nasirah Abdullah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/1/31375-96945-1-SM.pdf
_version_ 1848814835532300288
author Kalthom Husain,
Puziah Abd Wahab,
Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain,
Haniza Othman,
Aida Nasirah Abdullah,
author_facet Kalthom Husain,
Puziah Abd Wahab,
Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain,
Haniza Othman,
Aida Nasirah Abdullah,
author_sort Kalthom Husain,
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The aim of this study was to investigate whether Islamic Education Student Teachers (IEST) reported feelings of language anxiety and inadequacy in their reading comprehension. Quanti-tative data were collected through administering a questionnaire to determine the levels of anx-iety reported by the student teachers. The findings to be discussed are part of a much larger study. A total of 100 IEST took part in the study. The ELST were enrolled in four-year teacher education programs at Faculty of Education in KUIS. Student teachers participating in the study were given an adopted EFLRAI questionnaire containing of 19 items and a four-point Likert- five-point Likert to be completed. The questionnaire aims to elicit the reading and to determine reading anxiety. Respondents were requested to grade each item on the Likert scale according to their personal opinions. The mean score and standard deviation for the 100 respondents were calculated. The findings of the current study indicated that the participants experienced various anxious level in reading materials written English language.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T00:40:24Z
format Article
id oai:generic.eprints.org:19418
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T00:40:24Z
publishDate 2019
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:194182022-08-18T07:50:51Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/ Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor Kalthom Husain, Puziah Abd Wahab, Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain, Haniza Othman, Aida Nasirah Abdullah, The aim of this study was to investigate whether Islamic Education Student Teachers (IEST) reported feelings of language anxiety and inadequacy in their reading comprehension. Quanti-tative data were collected through administering a questionnaire to determine the levels of anx-iety reported by the student teachers. The findings to be discussed are part of a much larger study. A total of 100 IEST took part in the study. The ELST were enrolled in four-year teacher education programs at Faculty of Education in KUIS. Student teachers participating in the study were given an adopted EFLRAI questionnaire containing of 19 items and a four-point Likert- five-point Likert to be completed. The questionnaire aims to elicit the reading and to determine reading anxiety. Respondents were requested to grade each item on the Likert scale according to their personal opinions. The mean score and standard deviation for the 100 respondents were calculated. The findings of the current study indicated that the participants experienced various anxious level in reading materials written English language. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/1/31375-96945-1-SM.pdf Kalthom Husain, and Puziah Abd Wahab, and Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain, and Haniza Othman, and Aida Nasirah Abdullah, (2019) Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor. e-BANGI: Jurnal Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, 16 (2). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1174
spellingShingle Kalthom Husain,
Puziah Abd Wahab,
Amirah Aishah Zulkarnain,
Haniza Othman,
Aida Nasirah Abdullah,
Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title_full Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title_fullStr Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title_short Measuring the feelings of English language anxiety amongst Islamic Education Student Teachers at Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
title_sort measuring the feelings of english language anxiety amongst islamic education student teachers at kolej universiti islam antarabangsa selangor
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19418/1/31375-96945-1-SM.pdf