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Unsyiah Banda Aceh, English Language Education, Graduate Student
This research was aimed at measuring the level of cadets’ anxiety in speaking English and finding out the dominant aspects of speaking anxiety faced by maritime cadets at Malahayati Merchant Marine College. To obtain this objective, the... more
This research was aimed at measuring the level of cadets’ anxiety in speaking English and finding out the dominant aspects of speaking anxiety faced by maritime cadets at Malahayati Merchant Marine College. To obtain this objective, the study was conducted at Malahayati Merchant Marine College. The participants of this study were 174 second-semester cadets at Malahayati Merchant Marine College and 15 English teachers. The data were obtained through questionnaires. Descriptive quantitative was used in describing the data. The data demonstrated that Maritime cadets’ level of speaking anxiety was moderate level, with average percentage of 58%. Furthermore, communication apprehension was dominant aspect in cadets’ speaking anxiety. Lastly, both the teachers and the students should be aware about English speaking anxiety because somehow it can be a barrier in learning English.
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This paper is done in order to describe the main role of context towards comprehension and learning progress. Related to first of hypotheses of methodology and proficiency, “students must have opportunities to practice language in various... more
This paper is done in order to describe the main role of context towards comprehension and learning progress. Related to first of hypotheses of methodology and proficiency, “students must have opportunities to practice language in various range of contexts which may occur in target language”, it can be concerned that context plays such role in understanding the situation which happened in target language.
Research Interests: Languages, Communication, Teaching and Learning, Teaching English as a Second Language, Learning and Teaching, and 23 moreContextual Theologies, Contextualism, A Priori Knowledge, Context, Reading Comprehension, Context Based Learning, Schema Theory, Knowledge, Language Teaching, Scripting, Contextual Learning, Bottom-up strategies, Culture and Context, English Language Proficiency, Script, Listening Comprehension, English Proficiency, Scripts, Language proficiency, Top-Down Knowledge, Image Schemata, Schemata, and Background Knowledge
The intent of the present study is to investigate the current English language learning strategies employed by English majors enrolled at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. The study also aims at exploring the relationship... more
The intent of the present study is to investigate the current English language learning strategies employed by English majors enrolled at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. The study also aims at exploring the relationship between preferred language strategies, gender, proficiency, and self-efficacy beliefs. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 140 participants in the department of English Language Teaching. The results of this study showed that the highest rank (79.4%) was for Compensation strategies while the lowest (63.8%) was for Affective strategies. The results also pointed to significant differences for the strategies in favour of good learners.
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... Page 15. Leyla Tercanlioglu Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. No 5 - 3 (1), pp. 145-162. - 159 - References Al-Ansari, S. & Wigzell, R. (1996). The influence of the tape-recorder on attainment in EFL.... more
... Page 15. Leyla Tercanlioglu Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology. No 5 - 3 (1), pp. 145-162. - 159 - References Al-Ansari, S. & Wigzell, R. (1996). The influence of the tape-recorder on attainment in EFL. System, 24, 233-243. ...