Factors of Public Speaking Anxiety among Postgraduate Students of Malaysian Public Universities in Online Presentations
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_18How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- public speaking anxiety (PSA); Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA); Foreign Language Communication Anxiety Scale (FLCAS); online presentation
- Abstract
This study aims to examine the contributing factors of public speaking anxiety (PSA) among international and Malaysian postgraduate students. To realise the study, a Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) and Foreign Language Communication Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), were employed through a qualitative research design. Three postgraduate students were chosen according to a selective sampling method and interviewed using semi-structured interview protocol. The interview questions were adopted and customised to adhere to a situation specific setting, which is the online learning domain. Results indicated that fear of negative evaluation and making errors along with peer pressure were among the main reasons for PSA. It was also found that PSA had a significantly negative influence on some postgraduates’ online learning performances while having a moderate effect on some other postgraduates. This research is significant to understand the causes of learners’ PSA, foreign language anxiety and the relationship between speaking anxiety and academic performance.
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TY - CONF AU - Noorfarida Filzah binti Mohd Sobri Paridaluddin AU - Nur Asyrani binti Che Ismail AU - Zhang Jing AU - Chen Ruohan PY - 2023 DA - 2023/09/28 TI - Factors of Public Speaking Anxiety among Postgraduate Students of Malaysian Public Universities in Online Presentations BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICON-ELT 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 190 EP - 207 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_18 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-120-3_18 ID - bintiMohdSobriParidaluddin2023 ER -