English Language Apprehension and Relationship Building Bonding Among International Students in the College of Arts and Sciences at University Utara Malaysia

English Language Apprehension and Relationship Building Bonding Among International Students in the College of Arts and Sciences at University Utara Malaysia

The purpose of this study was to examine on English language apprehension and interpersonal communication for 170 international postgraduate students which study in College of Art and Science in University Utara Malaysia. The research objectives consists of : To determine to what extent internation...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Mohamed Idries
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English Language Apprehension and Relationship Building Bonding Among International Students in the College of Arts and Sciences at University Utara Malaysia
description The purpose of this study was to examine on English language apprehension and interpersonal communication for 170 international postgraduate students which study in College of Art and Science in University Utara Malaysia. The research objectives consists of : To determine to what extent international postgraduate students‘ attitudes influence English language pronunciation for interpersonal communication, to examine the relationship between attitudes and English language apprehension towards the effectiveness of interpersonal communication and to examine the adoption levels of English language among the students. Based on previous studies, questionnaires survey was developed to investigate the relationship between Attitude-self disclosure and English language apprehension, and relationship building bonding interpersonal communication. The results provide of this study, reporting the information collected from the survey and statistical analysis of the data collected. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Correlation analyses and was applied to the survey data provide evidence that Attitudes influence relationship building which, in turn, is positive related to its operation (r = 0.488, p< 0.01). These research also suggest that there is a significant and negative impact of English language apprehension on relationship building bonding (r = -0.254, p< 0.01). Since majority of the international postgraduate students agreed that the English language is an important and useful language in the interpersonal communication, hence for the future studies, we should look at the important of English language in the relationship bonding as well as how the international postgraduate students in UUM improve their proficiency in English towards mastering the use of English language in interpersonal communication.
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title_short English Language Apprehension and Relationship Building Bonding Among International Students in the College of Arts and Sciences at University Utara Malaysia
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spelling my-uum-etd.37382022-04-21T06:47:54Z English Language Apprehension and Relationship Building Bonding Among International Students in the College of Arts and Sciences at University Utara Malaysia 2010 Ahmed, Mohamed Idries M. Budiman, Adrian College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Awang Had Salleh Graduate School of Arts & Sciences PE English The purpose of this study was to examine on English language apprehension and interpersonal communication for 170 international postgraduate students which study in College of Art and Science in University Utara Malaysia. The research objectives consists of : To determine to what extent international postgraduate students‘ attitudes influence English language pronunciation for interpersonal communication, to examine the relationship between attitudes and English language apprehension towards the effectiveness of interpersonal communication and to examine the adoption levels of English language among the students. Based on previous studies, questionnaires survey was developed to investigate the relationship between Attitude-self disclosure and English language apprehension, and relationship building bonding interpersonal communication. The results provide of this study, reporting the information collected from the survey and statistical analysis of the data collected. The data was analyzed using SPSS. Correlation analyses and was applied to the survey data provide evidence that Attitudes influence relationship building which, in turn, is positive related to its operation (r = 0.488, p< 0.01). These research also suggest that there is a significant and negative impact of English language apprehension on relationship building bonding (r = -0.254, p< 0.01). Since majority of the international postgraduate students agreed that the English language is an important and useful language in the interpersonal communication, hence for the future studies, we should look at the important of English language in the relationship bonding as well as how the international postgraduate students in UUM improve their proficiency in English towards mastering the use of English language in interpersonal communication. 2010 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3738/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3738/1/s803109.pdf text eng public http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000774799 masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abedi J, Gandara P, (2007) Performance of English Language Learners as a Subgroup in Large-Scale Assessment: Interaction of Research and Policy. Ali M, Ismail Z, (2006) Comprehension level of non technical terms in science: are we ready for science in English. 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