Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students

Abstract: A phenomenon that prevails in university classrooms, particularly among the undergraduates, is their silent and reticent behaviors during classroom hours. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that such behaviors can be ascribed to what we have labeled as “classroom participat...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Karim, Noor Harun, Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IDOSI Publications, 2012 2012
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/31178/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31178/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31178/1/Silence_is_not_goldern_WASJ_20_%282%29_228-235%2C_2012.pdf

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spelling	iium-311782013-10-30T07:54:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31178/ Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students Abdul Karim, Noor Harun Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail L Education (General) Abstract: A phenomenon that prevails in university classrooms, particularly among the undergraduates, is their silent and reticent behaviors during classroom hours. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that such behaviors can be ascribed to what we have labeled as “classroom participation anxiety”, a type of situation anxiety not unlike communication apprehension. The population for this study comprised undergraduate students taking courses in “English for Occupational Purposes” in a university in Malaysia. The study investigated whether differences existed in classroom participation anxiety between male and female students; between local and international students; between students from the six bachelor degree programs. In addition, the study also investigated whether predictive relationships existed between perceived oral competence in English, students’ motivation to study, teachers’ verbal and non-verbal immediacy behaviors with classroom participation anxiety. The findings revealed that statistically significant differences existed between local and international students and between students from the six bachelor degree programs. However, no statistically significant mean differences existed in classroom participation anxiety between male and female students. The results also revealed that only two correlates were significantly predictive of classroom participation anxiety: perceived oral competence in English and teachers’ verbal immediacy behaviors. Key words: Classroom Participation Anxiety % Perceived Verbal and Non-verbal Immediacy Behaviours % Perceived Oral Competence in English % Internal Motivation IDOSI Publications, 2012 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31178/1/Silence_is_not_goldern_WASJ_20_%282%29_228-235%2C_2012.pdf Abdul Karim, Noor Harun and Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail (2012) Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students. World Applied Sciences Journal, 20 (2). pp. 228-235. ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.wasj.org/
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description	Abstract: A phenomenon that prevails in university classrooms, particularly among the undergraduates, is their silent and reticent behaviors during classroom hours. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that such behaviors can be ascribed to what we have labeled as “classroom participation anxiety”, a type of situation anxiety not unlike communication apprehension. The population for this study comprised undergraduate students taking courses in “English for Occupational Purposes” in a university in Malaysia. The study investigated whether differences existed in classroom participation anxiety between male and female students; between local and international students; between students from the six bachelor degree programs. In addition, the study also investigated whether predictive relationships existed between perceived oral competence in English, students’ motivation to study, teachers’ verbal and non-verbal immediacy behaviors with classroom participation anxiety. The findings revealed that statistically significant differences existed between local and international students and between students from the six bachelor degree programs. However, no statistically significant mean differences existed in classroom participation anxiety between male and female students. The results also revealed that only two correlates were significantly predictive of classroom participation anxiety: perceived oral competence in English and teachers’ verbal immediacy behaviors. Key words: Classroom Participation Anxiety % Perceived Verbal and Non-verbal Immediacy Behaviours % Perceived Oral Competence in English % Internal Motivation
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title	Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
title_short	Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
title_full	Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
title_fullStr	Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
title_full_unstemmed	Silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
title_sort	silence is not golden: investigating classroom participation anxiety among university students
publisher	IDOSI Publications, 2012
publishDate	2012
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