Pre-service English teachers’ reticent beliefs towards oral participation in EAP classrooms
The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service English teachers’ reticent beliefs towards oral participation in English for Academic Purpose classrooms. To this end, 144 Malaysian pre-service English teachers enrolled in a teacher-training programme participated as respondents in a sur...
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| Language: | en |
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Springer
2017
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36909/1/Ruey%20Shing%20Soo.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36909/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to investigate
pre-service English teachers’ reticent beliefs towards
oral participation in English for Academic Purpose
classrooms. To this end, 144 Malaysian pre-service
English teachers enrolled in a teacher-training programme participated as respondents in a survey conducted using the Reticent Belief Index. They were all
diagnosed with high level of reticence prior to the study.
In addition, 24 pre-service teachers, selected randomly
from among the survey participants, took part in focus
group discussions. The results of the study revealed that
the majority of the pre-service English teachers subscribed to eight beliefs that are presumed to be associated with reticent behaviour. Additionally, a newly
identified belief, ‘Kiasuim’ was also found to cause the
pre-service teachers being reticent in the class. The
results of the study point to the importance of alleviating
pre-service teachers’ reticent behaviour via a remedial
course which incorporates the elements of modifying
reticent beliefs. |
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