Study on Reticent Students in the ESL Classrooms | Chapter 2 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 10

In ESL courses, students' hesitation has long been seen as a problematic phenomenon. Many teachers have expressed displeasure with their failure to understand hesitant behaviour and find effective approaches to help kids with it. When such students don't participate in class discussions, they're frequently accused of not wanting to learn or participating. These justifications appear to be crude, prejudiced, and stereotyped. As part of a larger project on students' reticent behaviour, this study assessed the extent to which tertiary students majoring in English experience reticence in the classroom, as well as the underlying drivers of reticence. The Reticence Scale-12 (RS-12) was used to gather data from 78 children, and it assesses reticence in six areas: anxiety, knowledge, timing, organisation, talents, and memory. Students are hesitant, according to the research, and their biggest concerns are affective control and delivery. To better understand reluctance in ESL or EFL classes, studies combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies should be conducted with a larger number of students in a variety of learning settings.

Author(S) Details

R. S. Soo
Faculty of Language and Communication, Universiti Malayasia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malayasia.

H. S. Goh
The English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia.

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