Undergraduate Students’ Self-Efficacy In Using English To Communicate As A Second Language
Although undergraduate students have been learning English for many years, ever since they were in primary school, some of them still could not be able to communicate or speak confidently and fluently in English. Speaking fluently in the English language seems difficult and challenging for them de...
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| Format: | Proceeding |
| Language: | en |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31929/1/UNDERGRADUATE%20STUDENTS%E2%80%99%20SELF-EFFICACY%20IN%20USING.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31929/ https://library.iated.org/view/LEE2020UND |
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| Summary: | Although undergraduate students have been learning English for many years, ever since they were in
primary school, some of them still could not be able to communicate or speak confidently and fluently
in English. Speaking fluently in the English language seems difficult and challenging for them despite
the fact that they are aware mastering this language is an added value especially when entering the
job market. The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationship between undergraduate
students’ self-efficacy to communicate in English and their academic achievement, and to explore their
self-efficacy to communicate in English in terms of aspiration, attitude and aptitude. Using a simple
random sampling technique, 855 Malaysian final year undergraduate students from science major
faculties and social science major faculties were given self-efficacy questionnaire of whom 87 also
participated in an interview. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential
statistics. The results showed that participants in this study had high self-efficacy beliefs in terms of
their aspiration followed by attitude and aptitude. It was also found that science major faculty’s
students had significantly higher self-efficacy to communicate in English in terms of aspiration, attitude
and aptitude than those in social science major faculty’s students. Besides that, the analysis of
correlation revealed that there is a significant correlation between the student’s self-efficacy to
communicate in English in terms of aspiration and student’s academic achievement. Limitations of the
study and implications for teaching and learning of the English language as a second language are
also discussed. |
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