Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]

This paper explores the speaking anxiety of 106 first year nautical and marine engineering cadets at the Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM). As the English language is the language of instruction in the maritime education and training institutions, it creates inconvenience to students in coping with th...

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Main Authors: Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal, Ali, Nurshuhada, Mat Rom, Normaizura, Md. Sap, Mohd Asri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34909/
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author Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal
Ali, Nurshuhada
Mat Rom, Normaizura
Md. Sap, Mohd Asri
author_facet Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal
Ali, Nurshuhada
Mat Rom, Normaizura
Md. Sap, Mohd Asri
author_sort Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal
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description This paper explores the speaking anxiety of 106 first year nautical and marine engineering cadets at the Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM). As the English language is the language of instruction in the maritime education and training institutions, it creates inconvenience to students in coping with the language requirements and classroom instructions. The promulgation of English as the working language of the maritime industry has increased this anxiety even more. Ironically, in both classrooms and on board merchant ships, students must be able to communicate effectively especially in communicating essential information for the safety of operations. Hence, it is worthwhile to explore the possibility of speaking anxiety in both nautical and marine engineering classrooms for the benefit of industry. A quantitative survey, adapted from Horwitz’s (1986) Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLAS) was administered on respondents and the data collected were then analysed by SPSS version 22 for further analysis and understanding. The results of this study show that there is a significant level of speaking anxiety among the survey respondents which needs be addressed effectively.
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spelling uitm-349092020-11-27T07:27:22Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34909/ Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.] Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal Ali, Nurshuhada Mat Rom, Normaizura Md. Sap, Mohd Asri Educational psychology Learning ability This paper explores the speaking anxiety of 106 first year nautical and marine engineering cadets at the Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM). As the English language is the language of instruction in the maritime education and training institutions, it creates inconvenience to students in coping with the language requirements and classroom instructions. The promulgation of English as the working language of the maritime industry has increased this anxiety even more. Ironically, in both classrooms and on board merchant ships, students must be able to communicate effectively especially in communicating essential information for the safety of operations. Hence, it is worthwhile to explore the possibility of speaking anxiety in both nautical and marine engineering classrooms for the benefit of industry. A quantitative survey, adapted from Horwitz’s (1986) Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLAS) was administered on respondents and the data collected were then analysed by SPSS version 22 for further analysis and understanding. The results of this study show that there is a significant level of speaking anxiety among the survey respondents which needs be addressed effectively. 2018-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34909/1/34909.pdf Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal and Ali, Nurshuhada and Mat Rom, Normaizura and Md. Sap, Mohd Asri (2018) Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]. (2018) In: International Conference on Heritage and Civilisation (ICHAC) 2018, 2-3 May 2018, Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, Pulau Pinang. http://pice.uitm.edu.my/tesshi/
spellingShingle Educational psychology
Learning ability
Mohd Rosedi, Shamsul Rizal
Ali, Nurshuhada
Mat Rom, Normaizura
Md. Sap, Mohd Asri
Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title_full Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title_fullStr Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title_short Exploring students’ speaking anxiety at Akademi Laut Malaysia / Shamsul Rizal Mohd Rosedi...[et al.]
title_sort exploring students’ speaking anxiety at akademi laut malaysia / shamsul rizal mohd rosedi...[et al.]
topic Educational psychology
Learning ability
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34909/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34909/