Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia

In Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu is the national language and is the main medium of instruction. English has the status of a second language. English is taught in primary and secondary schools as single subject and it is also taught at the university level. Despite so many research done in Malaysia, many...

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Main Author:	Kho, Ai Siok
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Oral communication - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Communication in education - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99184/1/FBMK%202021%2038%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.991842023-04-11T01:12:51Z Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia 2021-05 Kho, Ai Siok In Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu is the national language and is the main medium of instruction. English has the status of a second language. English is taught in primary and secondary schools as single subject and it is also taught at the university level. Despite so many research done in Malaysia, many students are still unable to communicate in English which leads to the risk of unemployment. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship among the independent variables (motivation, anxiety, language learning backgrounds), classroom communication, and willingness to communicate in English among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia as well as to obtain the perceptions of the students on their willingness to communicate and other factors (motivation, anxiety, language learning backgrounds) that contribute to their unwillingness to communicate in English. The research design for the study was a non- experimental study which was conducted in three phases, the survey, interviews, and observations. Questionnaire was distributed to 330 students from the convenience sampling of two Universities in the Northern region in West Malaysia. Thirty students from the survey were selected using convenience sampling for interview and classroom observation which were carried out for 8 weeks. The findings showed English proficiency turned out to be influencing students' willingness to communicate in the language. Motivation, anxiety, and English proficiency showed significant contributors to their willingness to communicate in English. The mentioned variables were the predictors to students' willingess to communicate in English. Communication behaviour was measured qualitatively in the classroom observation and interviews and the results showed students to have some differences. Interesting findings were found during observations and interviews that students were motivated to fight the feeling of fear (anxiety) in order to speak in English. Students were found to be speaking the language according to the environment and their surroundings in the classroom which showed slight changes in their willingness to communicate to compare to their self-report quesionnaire. English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Oral communication - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Communication in education - Malaysia 2021-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99184/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99184/1/FBMK%202021%2038%20IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Oral communication - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Communication in education - Malaysia Chan, Mei Yuit
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Chan, Mei Yuit
topic	English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Oral communication - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Communication in education - Malaysia
spellingShingle	English language - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Oral communication - Study and teaching (Higher) - Malaysia Communication in education - Malaysia Kho, Ai Siok Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
description	In Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu is the national language and is the main medium of instruction. English has the status of a second language. English is taught in primary and secondary schools as single subject and it is also taught at the university level. Despite so many research done in Malaysia, many students are still unable to communicate in English which leads to the risk of unemployment. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship among the independent variables (motivation, anxiety, language learning backgrounds), classroom communication, and willingness to communicate in English among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia as well as to obtain the perceptions of the students on their willingness to communicate and other factors (motivation, anxiety, language learning backgrounds) that contribute to their unwillingness to communicate in English. The research design for the study was a non- experimental study which was conducted in three phases, the survey, interviews, and observations. Questionnaire was distributed to 330 students from the convenience sampling of two Universities in the Northern region in West Malaysia. Thirty students from the survey were selected using convenience sampling for interview and classroom observation which were carried out for 8 weeks. The findings showed English proficiency turned out to be influencing students' willingness to communicate in the language. Motivation, anxiety, and English proficiency showed significant contributors to their willingness to communicate in English. The mentioned variables were the predictors to students' willingess to communicate in English. Communication behaviour was measured qualitatively in the classroom observation and interviews and the results showed students to have some differences. Interesting findings were found during observations and interviews that students were motivated to fight the feeling of fear (anxiety) in order to speak in English. Students were found to be speaking the language according to the environment and their surroundings in the classroom which showed slight changes in their willingness to communicate to compare to their self-report quesionnaire.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Kho, Ai Siok
author_facet	Kho, Ai Siok
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title	Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
title_short	Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full	Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia
title_sort	willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among esl undergraduates in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2021
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99184/1/FBMK%202021%2038%20IR.pdf
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Willingness to communicate, communication behaviour, and associated variables among ESL undergraduates in Malaysia

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