Communication Apprehension: A Comparison between English Majors and Non-majors in China

Shi-yong, Peng; Ali, Muhamad Sham Shahkat

doi:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.4n.6p.190

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“…There are differences between these groups for the different oral communication apprehension levels. When analyzing the full sample, we found that speaking at meetings was where students are less comfortable, with women achieving a higher score than men, corroborating previous studies [33][34][35]. However, most of the literature reviews [3,[11][12][13] had the same results as this article.…”

Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…In the full sample, the total OCA values were within the average, with typical results (50-80) [42]. Considering these results, we could identify the main difficulties as being oral communication apprehension for the women group [35].…”

Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionsupporting

confidence: 53%

“…Regarding oral apprehension, females present higher levels of apprehension than males [33][34][35][36]. Arquero et al [14] argue that females record higher apprehension scores and, thus, they conclude that gender is a significant variable for OCA, especially in formal settings.…”

Section: Gender and Communication Apprehensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For women, the highest OCA values were in the meetings dimension, followed by oral presentations, public speaking, and group talking. Group talking was the dimension in which women were least apprehensive about intervening orally [33][34][35].…”

Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Differences of Gender in Oral and Written Communication Apprehension of University Students

Loureiro

Hounsell

2020

Education Sciences

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Oral and written skills are increasingly considered to be essential tools in the job market for the success of any worker, and are thus called soft skills. Nevertheless, most graduates who enter the labor market experience difficulties in the apprehension of communication, not only with regard to writing, but also in oral communication. These difficulties are also noticeable in the classroom, for instance when students need to participate by expressing their doubts when they have to present research work within the curricular units they attend, or when they have to write their answers in assessment tests. In this paper, we explore the communication skills of students from different graduate degrees (n = 345) in order to understand how they prepare for oral and written communication. We made use of the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA), validated by McCroskey, Beatty, Kearney, and Plax (1985), in order to understand students’ oral communication apprehension. To understand the levels of written communication apprehension, we applied the Daly–Miller Writing Apprehension Test (DMWA). We thus analyzed the communicational skills and the communication apprehension of students from social and human sciences courses in order to understand how they prepare for oral and writing communication, and whether there were differences between genders and between different graduate courses regarding communication apprehension. The main results of this research confirm that the students experienced difficulties with and fear of communication, especially for oral communication. Furthermore, the results indicate that female students showed more significant levels of anxiety with regard to oral and written communication than male students. This exploratory study also makes it possible to distinguish areas of communication apprehension according to the different genders, and even with regard to the degree courses students belonged to.

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Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionsupporting

confidence: 53%

Section: Gender and Communication Apprehensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Oral Communication Apprehensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Differences of Gender in Oral and Written Communication Apprehension of University Students

Loureiro

Hounsell

2020

Education Sciences

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“…Existing published evidence has demonstrated that there are slight gender differences in total PRCA-24 scores. [32][33][34] These differences are often ascribed to the cultural biases resulting from social roles and psychological stereotypes of the genders. 35,36 Some researchers argue that in a patriarchal society, women are silenced and so they develop fear and anxiety toward expressing themselves.…”

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Communication Apprehension Among Health Professions Students in Brazil

Araújo

Rocha

Cerqueira-Santos

et al. 2022

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To determine the levels of communication apprehension (CA) experienced by health students and compare them according to sex, age range, course, and academic year. Method. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a Brazilian university from December 2019 to May 2020 with dentistry, pharmacy, medicine, and nursing students, recruited by convenience sampling. The students were invited to answer a survey consisting of two sections: general characteristic and the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24). Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted. Results. A total of 644 health students answered the survey, of whom 25.5% were classified as having high communication apprehension. Male participants had significantly lower PRCA-24 scores than females. No significant differences were found between PRCA-24 scores by age category or academic year. Medical students had significantly lower mean PRCA-24 scores than pharmacy students. Conclusion.The prevalence of high CA was high and apparently remained stable over time. The highest scores for CA were obtained by women and pharmacy students. Health educators should consider the effects of communication apprehension and use adequate interventions during communication skills training.

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The role of entrepreneurial education in determining actual entrepreneurial behavior: Does TESOL amplified communication apprehension matter?

Shen

Huang²

2023

Front. Psychol.

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Since the impression of innovation is at the fundamental of commercial standing, therefore, Industries estimate innovation as their competitive advantage. Resultantly, industries devote a lot of resources understanding the versatile and dynamic nature of innovations and also keep on progressing innovation techniques and strategies. To meet the objectives of the study, we collected data from the students studying in Chinese universities. A survey questionnaire was designed to collect data from university students who were part of the TESOL program. A total of 224 valid questionnaires were used to proceed with the analysis, where descriptive statistics were calculated using SPSS 21, while hypothesis testing was carried out using Mplus 8. Results revealed the facts that both formal and informal education significantly predicted entrepreneurial behavior, while entrepreneurial intention was also found to mediate the relationship between formal and informal education and entrepreneurial behavior. Similarly, as per prediction, TESOL amplified communication apprehension also significantly moderated the relationships of formal and informal education with entrepreneurial behavior.

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Communication Apprehension: A Comparison between English Majors and Non-majors in China

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Differences of Gender in Oral and Written Communication Apprehension of University Students

Differences of Gender in Oral and Written Communication Apprehension of University Students

Communication Apprehension Among Health Professions Students in Brazil

The role of entrepreneurial education in determining actual entrepreneurial behavior: Does TESOL amplified communication apprehension matter?

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