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Lopez Roman, Maria C.

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Self-efficacy and university ESL learner's participation in oral communication activities.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Self-efficacy and university ESL learner's participation in oral communication activities./
Author:	Lopez Roman, Maria C.
Description:	125 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1635.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-05A.
Subject:	Education, Bilingual and Multicultural. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3218161
ISBN:	9780542695315

Self-efficacy and university ESL learner's participation in oral communication activities.
Lopez Roman, Maria C.

Self-efficacy and university ESL learner's participation in oral communication activities. - 125 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-05, Section: A, page: 1635.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico), 2006.

One of the goals of Puerto Ricans is to become a bilingual society. To obtain this goal, English is taught as a second language in all public and most private schools in Puerto Rico (some private schools teach English as a first language). In spite of teaching ESL from grades K-12, later at the university, and the exposure to the language and culture of the United States, the majority of Puerto Ricans find it difficult to communicate orally in English.

ISBN: 9780542695315Subjects--Topical Terms:

626653
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural.

Self-efficacy and university ESL learner's participation in oral communication activities.
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520 $a One of the goals of Puerto Ricans is to become a bilingual society. To obtain this goal, English is taught as a second language in all public and most private schools in Puerto Rico (some private schools teach English as a first language). In spite of teaching ESL from grades K-12, later at the university, and the exposure to the language and culture of the United States, the majority of Puerto Ricans find it difficult to communicate orally in English.
520 $a The purpose of this study is to explore Bandura's theory of self-efficacy and its correlation to ESL student's participation in oral activities. It is the researcher's belief that an I can or I can't perception, which is what Bandura describes as self-efficacy (SE), could be a main hindrance or asset to student's participation in oral activities. Since it is in the classroom that students have the opportunity to practice the language and develop their oral proficiency, the focus of this study will be on the oral participation of students in classroom settings.
520 $a The participants were 90 first year university students of the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamon enrolled in the Basic English course. Also participating were two professors of the English Department who each had two groups of the participants. The instruments and strategies included a test to determine the participants' SE level in oral communication, open-ended statements for students to complete, three classroom observations, the evaluation of an oral classroom activity, and an interview with each of the professors. The study followed a mixed methods approach applying the Pearson Product Moment Correlation to the quantitative data and descriptive analysis to the qualitative data.
520 $a The findings indicate that the level of students' SE is correlated to their oral participation in classroom activities. The research's implications are that ESL educators need to work on the development of methodology, strategies, and activities which will contribute to higher SE. Finally, the researcher believes if strategies are used to improve SE levels from early on in their schooling, students will participate more and become more proficient in their oral communicative skills.
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