ERIC Number: EJ1229535
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2630-0672
EISSN: N/A
Communication Apprehension in L1 and L2 among First-Year Students of a Graduate Program for Executives in a Public University
Rimkeeratikul, Sucharat; Zentz, Mark; Yuangsri, Nittaya; Uttamayodhin, Preeyachat; Pongpermpruek, Somrasa; Smith, Steven
LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, v9 n1 p1-10 2016
Executives in the private and government sectors are alike in that they place a major emphasis on communication skills. However, there has never been any research done to investigate communication apprehension (CA) among Thai executives, especially to compare their CA when using Thai (L1) and English (L2). As a result, this study investigated the traitlike CA of 31 adult students in a master's degree program for executives in the political science faculty of a prestigious public university in Bangkok, Thailand, and administered t-tests to compare their CA in L1 and L2. The results indicated no difference in total traitlike CA among the students of this program when they communicate in L1 or in L2. However, the findings suggested that their CA in the category of interpersonal conversations in L1 was higher than that in L2. The findings are expected to enhance the English language teachers' understanding of the students in this executive program, which may improve the teaching and learning process.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Language Teachers, Management Development, Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Political Science, College Faculty, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, English for Academic Purposes, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Contrastive Linguistics
Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Peer reviewed
