Psychological Factors that Affect English Speaking Performance among Malaysian Primary School Pupils

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Nijat, Nazifullah Atifnigar, Hamza Chandran, Kanageswary Selvan, Siva Letchumi Tamil Subramonie, Vijayaletchumy
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Speaking is considered as one of the most important skill in learning a language especially English but many language learners find it difficult and need much effort to produce acceptable utterances in English. The aim of this study is to investigate Psychological factors that become obstacles to spoken English among Malaysian primary school pupils, and suggest possible solutions from the student’s perspectives to overcome the obstacles. For conducting current research, a questionnaire was used to collect data and identify the factors that affect students speaking performance, and find out possible solution from the students’ perspectives. After the data analysed, it was noticed that majority of students were the victims of the common physiological factors such as fear in the class, shyness and anxiety. Most pupils did not have confident to speak because they felt fear to speak in English. While some other were felling shy and anxious when speaking in the class. Thus, pupils suggested solutions like interesting activities, encouraging learning atmosphere, a good rapport between teacher and students to help them to overcome these psychological factors that hinder them to speak in English.
Starting Page	55
Ending Page	68
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.acseusa.org/journal/index.php/aijelr/article/download/117/175
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article