Communication Apprehension in L1 and L2 among First-Year Students of a Graduate Program for Executives in a Public University

Autor/inn/en	Rimkeeratikul, Sucharat; Zentz, Mark; Yuangsri, Nittaya; Uttamayodhin, Preeyachat; Pongpermpruek, Somrasa; Smith, Steven
Titel	Communication Apprehension in L1 and L2 among First-Year Students of a Graduate Program for Executives in a Public University
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 9 (2016) 1, S.1-10 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Native Language; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Language Teachers; Management Development; Interpersonal Communication; Intercultural Communication; Anxiety; Communication (Thought Transfer); Political Science; College Faculty; Reputation; Institutional Characteristics; English for Academic Purposes; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Contrastive Linguistics; Thailand (Bangkok) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Angst; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Fakultät; Ausland; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik
Abstract	Executives in the private and government sectors are alike in that they place a major emphasis on communication skills. However, there has never been any research done to investigate communication apprehension (CA) among Thai executives, especially to compare their CA when using Thai (L1) and English (L2). As a result, this study investigated the traitlike CA of 31 adult students in a master's degree program for executives in the political science faculty of a prestigious public university in Bangkok, Thailand, and administered t-tests to compare their CA in L1 and L2. The results indicated no difference in total traitlike CA among the students of this program when they communicate in L1 or in L2. However, the findings suggested that their CA in the category of interpersonal conversations in L1 was higher than that in L2. The findings are expected to enhance the English language teachers' understanding of the students in this executive program, which may improve the teaching and learning process. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01