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Title: Obstacles facing learners in speaking english: non-english teachers’ perspective, Putra Batam school
Authors: Ambalegin
Suhardianto
Kaprawi N (UTHM)
Keywords: Affective
Cognitive
Competency
English speaking
Learners’ obstacles
Non-English major teacher
Psychomotor
Issue Date: Apr-2017
Description: Teachers who did not major in English in Batam face several obstacles to speaking English. The researcher observed less participation from these teachers in daily communication using English in school. This influences the competency in English of students. The purpose of this research was to explore the obstacles to speaking English among these teachers in Sekolah Putera Batam, Kepri. This naturalistic-qualitative method research uses the oneon-one interview as the technique of collecting data. In analysing the data, this research uses the descriptive qualitative method to capture the obstacles. Analysis of the descriptive data analysis show 27 categories of external and internal obstacles to speaking English that the teachers faced. The internal obstacles, which arise from the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains, are poor English grammar mastery, fear and limited Englishspeaking skills, while the external are former English teachers, materials, time and facilities.
News Source: Pertanika Journals
ISSN: 0128-7702
Volume: 25
Pages: 119-128
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Appears in Collections:Journal Content Pages/ Kandungan Halaman Jurnal

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