Causes of English major student-teachers' classroom participation reluctance at Kuwait University
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Type | Article |
Author | al-Yaseen, Wafaa S. Kuwait University, Kuwait |
Varying form of title |
أسباب عزوف الطلبة المعلمين للغة الإنجليزية عن المشاركة الصفية في جامعة الكويت [مقال] |
Pages | pp. 643-657 |
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Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. Vol. 13, no. 4, October 2019
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Electronic Location | Full text (PDF) |
Descriptors | Kuwait University (Kuwait) - Educational problems - Behaviour problems - Student teachers - English - Classroom methods |
Language of document | English |
Country | Oman |
Classroom participation plays an important role in developing students' oral fluency, and general understanding of the subject content. However, there is a noticeable participation reluctance among English major student-teachers in the College of Education at Kuwait University. The present study investigates the causes of such a reluctance. The study adopted the descriptive analytical methodology applying a 4-Likert scale to respond to a thirty questionnaire items. Two domains were covered: the English language professor, and the English major student-teachers. The sample covered a total of 150 English major student-teachers 30 males and 120 females. The study revealed significant differences α=0.05 in the means between the participants according to gender in favor of females-student teachers and according to high school specialization in favor of arts specialization. However, there were no significant differences according to the years of study. (Published abstract)
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al-Yaseen, Wafaa S.. (2019). Causes of English major student-teachers' classroom participation reluctance at Kuwait University . Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. Vol. 13, no. 4, October 2019. pp. 643-657 Retrieved from search.shamaa.org |