AU - Mutar, Qusay Mahdi AU - Mohammad, Ashraf AU - Abdu Khaleel, Maad AU - Mohamed, Ramzi Sedali AB - This study examines the factors that affect oral participation of six Arab postgraduate students (two Iraqis, two Jordanians, and two Libyans), namely, three male participants and three female participants. For this purpose, a semi-structured interview was employed. The results showed that female as well male interviewees share some factors that make oral participation in classroom disheartening. These factors include high levels of anxiety, lack of confidence, shyness, and lack of preparation. It was also that there is no difference between male and female interviewees in relation to the factors that make them feel disheartened from oral classroom participation. (Published abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif ID - 127569 OP - pp. 647-661 T1 - Investigating the factors that affect the oral classroom participation of Arab postgraduate students [Article] UL - 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif https://www.iasj.net/iasj/article/140871 Full text (PDF)