Abstract
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.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657
- Journal
- Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(4), 643-657
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Unknown
Cite this article
APA 7
Al-Yaseen, W. S. (2019). Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(4), 643-657. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657
MLA 9
Al-Yaseen, Wafaa S. "Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, 2019, pp. 643-657. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657.
Chicago (author–date)
Al-Yaseen, Wafaa S. 2019. "Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University." Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies 13 (4): 643-657. https://doi.org/10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657.
Harvard
Al-Yaseen, W. S. (2019) 'Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University', Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, 13(4), pp. 643-657. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657.
Vancouver
Al-Yaseen WS. Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2019;13(4):643-657. doi:10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657
IEEE
W. S. Al-Yaseen, "Causes of English Major Student-Teachers' Classroom Participation Reluctance at Kuwait University," Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 643-657, 2019, doi: 10.53543/jeps.vol13iss4pp643-657.