ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills

Poor oral communication proficiency among Malaysian learners has become a national problem. Oral communication skills in ESL is important if Malaysia wants to produce a generation of global communicators which is in line with the country’s mission to become a fully developed nation. However, we ofte...

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主要作者: Spawa, Clarvie M. Charles
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spelling my-upm-ir.208142022-01-26T04:21:53Z ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills 2011-05 Spawa, Clarvie M. Charles Poor oral communication proficiency among Malaysian learners has become a national problem. Oral communication skills in ESL is important if Malaysia wants to produce a generation of global communicators which is in line with the country’s mission to become a fully developed nation. However, we often hear of grievances that many of Malaysian graduates are not employed due to their poor communication skills in English. This study seeks to compare between the beliefs and practices in the teaching of ESL speaking skill. The study involved ESL teachers and from different regions in Malaysia. The respondents were chosen using purposive sampling. The major statistical procedures used in the quantitative study were descriptive statistics and paired samples t-tests. Semi structured interviews were analyzed for themes and categories. The results suggest that both teachers believe oral communication skills in English is important in students’ language learning. However, teachers faced numerous challenges in translating this belief into practice. This has led to a discrepancy between in teachers’ beliefs and practice in developing students’ oral communication skills. English language - Study and teaching Oral communication - Study and teaching English language - Spoken English 2011-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/20814/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/20814/1/FPP_2011_23_IR.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia English language - Study and teaching Oral communication - Study and teaching English language - Spoken English Faculty of Educational Studies English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
English
topic English language - Study and teaching
Oral communication - Study and teaching
English language - Spoken English
spellingShingle English language - Study and teaching
Oral communication - Study and teaching
English language - Spoken English
Spawa, Clarvie M. Charles
ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
description Poor oral communication proficiency among Malaysian learners has become a national problem. Oral communication skills in ESL is important if Malaysia wants to produce a generation of global communicators which is in line with the country’s mission to become a fully developed nation. However, we often hear of grievances that many of Malaysian graduates are not employed due to their poor communication skills in English. This study seeks to compare between the beliefs and practices in the teaching of ESL speaking skill. The study involved ESL teachers and from different regions in Malaysia. The respondents were chosen using purposive sampling. The major statistical procedures used in the quantitative study were descriptive statistics and paired samples t-tests. Semi structured interviews were analyzed for themes and categories. The results suggest that both teachers believe oral communication skills in English is important in students’ language learning. However, teachers faced numerous challenges in translating this belief into practice. This has led to a discrepancy between in teachers’ beliefs and practice in developing students’ oral communication skills.
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author Spawa, Clarvie M. Charles
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title ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
title_short ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
title_full ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
title_fullStr ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
title_full_unstemmed ESL Teacher and Student Beliefs and Practices in the Teaching of Oral Communication Skills
title_sort esl teacher and student beliefs and practices in the teaching of oral communication skills
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Educational Studies
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/20814/1/FPP_2011_23_IR.pdf
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