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A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah

Students’ willingness to respond in class is an important factor to ensure language usage and language acquisition. Literature reviews reveal that learners' levels of anxiety and self-confidence are predictors of students’ willingness to communicate in class. However, there has been a lack of s...

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Main Authors:	Bernadette Tobi, Mohammad Aqmal Hafidz Musa, Nor Dawirah Rahman, Sabariah Abd Rahim
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Global Academic Excellence 2022
Subjects:	LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education PE1001-1693 Modern English
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spelling	my.ums.eprints.379532024-01-12T01:53:18Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37953/ A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah Bernadette Tobi Mohammad Aqmal Hafidz Musa Nor Dawirah Rahman Sabariah Abd Rahim LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education PE1001-1693 Modern English Students’ willingness to respond in class is an important factor to ensure language usage and language acquisition. Literature reviews reveal that learners' levels of anxiety and self-confidence are predictors of students’ willingness to communicate in class. However, there has been a lack of studies conducted in the local context regarding anxiety as a predictor of willingness to respond in English. This study looked into students’ anxiety levels while communicating in English during Occupational Purpose class and the reasons for not being willing to respond in the online class orally. The class consisted of students from Malaysia and China studying in a local Malaysian university. During class, the instructor had to call out names to get students to answer questions asked. Classes were entirely conducted online and the assessments cover both written and oral aspects. Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) was adapted and Baharuddin’s three levels of anxiety mean measurement was used in this study. The FLCAS scale included 33 items of a five-point Likert scale which in this study was reversed with 1 “Strongly disagree” to 5 “Strongly agree” to measure the level of anxiety. The data obtained were analysed using descriptive analysis to include percentages and mean. The finding indicates that level of anxiety is not a predictor of WTC. Global Academic Excellence 2022-09 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37953/1/ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/37953/2/FULLTEXT.pdf Bernadette Tobi and Mohammad Aqmal Hafidz Musa and Nor Dawirah Rahman and Sabariah Abd Rahim (2022) A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah. International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counselling, 7. pp. 722-730. 10.35631/IJEPC.747054
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description	Students’ willingness to respond in class is an important factor to ensure language usage and language acquisition. Literature reviews reveal that learners' levels of anxiety and self-confidence are predictors of students’ willingness to communicate in class. However, there has been a lack of studies conducted in the local context regarding anxiety as a predictor of willingness to respond in English. This study looked into students’ anxiety levels while communicating in English during Occupational Purpose class and the reasons for not being willing to respond in the online class orally. The class consisted of students from Malaysia and China studying in a local Malaysian university. During class, the instructor had to call out names to get students to answer questions asked. Classes were entirely conducted online and the assessments cover both written and oral aspects. Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) was adapted and Baharuddin’s three levels of anxiety mean measurement was used in this study. The FLCAS scale included 33 items of a five-point Likert scale which in this study was reversed with 1 “Strongly disagree” to 5 “Strongly agree” to measure the level of anxiety. The data obtained were analysed using descriptive analysis to include percentages and mean. The finding indicates that level of anxiety is not a predictor of WTC.
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title	A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah
title_short	A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah
title_full	A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah
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publisher	Global Academic Excellence
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A Case Study on Challenges of Students' Willingness to Orally Respond in English during Class Sessions in Sabah

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