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http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/34633| Title: | Communication apprehension among first-year engineering degree students of Universiti Malaysia Perlis |
| Authors: | Mohd Azrizal, Mohd Salleh azrizalsalleh@unimap.edu.my |
| Keywords: | Communicative apprehension English Oral skills |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2014 |
| Publisher: | Universiti Malaysia Perlis |
| Series/Report no.: | Proceeding of Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 14);2014 |
| Abstract: | Prospective employers complained that 50% of graduates have unsatisfactory grasp of English communication skills. This study looks at the level of oral communication apprehension of the first-year Engineering Degree students of Universiti Malaysia Perlis. A questionnaire called the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24) was administered to the students. Results show that 24.2% experience high communicative apprehension with 81.6% experience apprehension in public speaking. The paper discusses what educators can do to improve communicative apprehension |
| Description: | Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. |
| URI: | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34633 |
| Appears in Collections: | Centre for International Languages (Articles) |
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| SILK 2014_21.pdf | 61.46 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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