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A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university

Learning English as a second language can be overwhelming for international students, especially when they are studying abroad and living in a foreign country. Some of the challenges include overcoming the anxiety to communicate with their peers and having assurance that they are being understood by...

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Main Authors: Shariff, S. A., Abas, H.
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
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spelling my.utm.752452018-03-27T06:05:36Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75245/ A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university Shariff, S. A. Abas, H. LB Theory and practice of education Learning English as a second language can be overwhelming for international students, especially when they are studying abroad and living in a foreign country. Some of the challenges include overcoming the anxiety to communicate with their peers and having assurance that they are being understood by others. The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry is to gather understandings about the international students’ experiences and essence of learning English conversational skills at the International Center’s English class. For this study, two international students were interviewed and three observations were conducted throughout the semester. Handouts and documents from the class were collected for further review and analysis. Based on the results from the interviews, observations, and document review, several categories were identified which included purpose, teacher’s role, motivation, preference, emotions, and problems. From those categories, two themes were emerged, (i) Interaction is important for learning English, and (ii) One needs to put much effort to learn English. American Scientific Publishers 2017 Article PeerReviewed Shariff, S. A. and Abas, H. (2017) A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (2). pp. 1238-1240. ISSN 1936-6612 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85015750764&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2017.7551&partnerID=40&md5=8b0f1f57413fb0d484724d73bb96444c DOI:10.1166/asl.2017.7551
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Shariff, S. A.
Abas, H.
A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university
description Learning English as a second language can be overwhelming for international students, especially when they are studying abroad and living in a foreign country. Some of the challenges include overcoming the anxiety to communicate with their peers and having assurance that they are being understood by others. The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry is to gather understandings about the international students’ experiences and essence of learning English conversational skills at the International Center’s English class. For this study, two international students were interviewed and three observations were conducted throughout the semester. Handouts and documents from the class were collected for further review and analysis. Based on the results from the interviews, observations, and document review, several categories were identified which included purpose, teacher’s role, motivation, preference, emotions, and problems. From those categories, two themes were emerged, (i) Interaction is important for learning English, and (ii) One needs to put much effort to learn English.
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title A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university
title_short A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university
title_full A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university
title_fullStr A phenomenological inquiry: essence and experience of learning English among international students’ at Florida state university
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