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Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms

Student reticence has become one of the main concerns in the English language classroom. It is frequently labeledas a problematic, frustrating, and disturbing classroom phenomenon by many instructors. The purpose of this study was to explore the degree to which undergraduate students experienced ret...

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Main Authors: Foo, Siew Fen, Louisa Sanga, Billy, Soo, Ruey Shing, Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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LB Theory and practice of education
PE English
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spelling my.unimas.ir.369022023-10-19T07:16:51Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36902/ Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms Foo, Siew Fen Louisa Sanga, Billy Soo, Ruey Shing Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan LB Theory and practice of education PE English Student reticence has become one of the main concerns in the English language classroom. It is frequently labeledas a problematic, frustrating, and disturbing classroom phenomenon by many instructors. The purpose of this study was to explore the degree to which undergraduate students experienced reticence and the factors that caused them to refrain from participating in classroom oral participation. To this end, a total of 122 Malaysian undergraduate students from a university participated as respondents in a self-assessment conducted using the Reticence-Scale 12 (RS-12) and a survey. The results of the self-assessment revealed that the majority of the students experienced high reticence in the classrooms. Additionally, the students' reticent behaviour was caused by virtual of their personality traits, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, poor language skills, and teacher factors. This study highlights the need for more research in this area in different learning contexts. 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36902/1/Soo%20Ruey%20Shing.pdf Foo, Siew Fen and Louisa Sanga, Billy and Soo, Ruey Shing and Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan (2020) Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms. Selangor Humaniora Review, 4 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2672-7463 http://share.journals.unisel.edu.my/ojs/index.php/share/article/view/119
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
PE English
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PE English
Foo, Siew Fen
Louisa Sanga, Billy
Soo, Ruey Shing
Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan
Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
description Student reticence has become one of the main concerns in the English language classroom. It is frequently labeledas a problematic, frustrating, and disturbing classroom phenomenon by many instructors. The purpose of this study was to explore the degree to which undergraduate students experienced reticence and the factors that caused them to refrain from participating in classroom oral participation. To this end, a total of 122 Malaysian undergraduate students from a university participated as respondents in a self-assessment conducted using the Reticence-Scale 12 (RS-12) and a survey. The results of the self-assessment revealed that the majority of the students experienced high reticence in the classrooms. Additionally, the students' reticent behaviour was caused by virtual of their personality traits, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, poor language skills, and teacher factors. This study highlights the need for more research in this area in different learning contexts.
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author Foo, Siew Fen
Louisa Sanga, Billy
Soo, Ruey Shing
Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan
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Soo, Ruey Shing
Na-Thinamalar Magiswary, Nadarajan
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title Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
title_short Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
title_full Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
title_fullStr Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
title_full_unstemmed Causes of Undergraduate Students' Reticence in Malaysian ESL Classrooms
title_sort causes of undergraduate students' reticence in malaysian esl classrooms
publishDate 2020
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