Muftah Muhamed, Muftah Saad and N. Krishnasamy, Hariharan and Wan Chek, Noor Allam (2011) Classroom oral communication apprehension among Libyan students at Universiti Utara Malaysia. In: 4th Biennial International Conference on the Teaching and Learning of English in Asia (TLEiA4) 2011, 10th to 12th November 2011, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

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Abstract

In the past decade, several studies have been conducted to investigate communication apprehension (CA) among learners of new languages. In the literature, communication apprehension was investigated among different learners of languages from different backgrounds and nationalities including Iran and the USA. Unfortunately, very few studies have been conducted among Libyan learners of English in general and Libyan postgraduate students in particular. The main goal of this study is to investigate whether oral communication apprehension exists among Libyan postgraduate students in CAS UUM.If so, what strategies do they adopt to overcome their oral communication apprehension.Two questionnaires designed by Horwitz et al., (1986) and Kondo & Ling (2004). The participants in this study consist of sixty eight (68) males and five (5) females, 2nd semester Libyan postgraduate students at UUM. The results revealed that most of the Libyan postgraduate students in CAS UUM have the feeling of oral communication apprehension in the classroom and that they adopt different strategies to deal with the apprehension.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ISBN : 978-983-44150-6-8 Organized by: School of Education and Modern Languages, UUM College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Hariharan a/l N. Krishnasamy
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2015 08:07
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2015 08:07
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/13781

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