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FACTORS CAUSING HESITATION AND SHYNESS AS BARRIERS TO L2 LEARNERS SPEAKING SKILL

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).43      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).43      Published : Mar 2022

Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill

Abstract

    The aim of this research was to discover ‘the factors causing hesitation and shyness as barriers for L2 learners’ speaking skill and to find out the influence of hesitation and shyness as barriers for ESL learners’ speaking skill’. This study employed a questionnaire as a data collection tool. Research data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study conclude that majority of the responses from the students fall from high to medium degree of mean values, which means, learners have the inclination to say that internal factors i.e. hesitation and shyness work as barriers for L2 learners' speaking skills. It is crystal clear from the findings that as hesitation and shyness increase the speaking skill of the students decreases. Likewise, as the hesitation and shyness decrease the speaking skill of the students increases.

    Communicative Barriers, Hesitation, L2 Learners, Shyness, Speaking Skill

    (1) Humaira Akbar
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Saeed Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Aamir Hussain
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Akbar, H., Ahmad, S., & Hussain, A. (2022). Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 447-458. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).43

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Akbar, Humaira, Saeed Ahmad, and Aamir Hussain. 2022. "Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 447-458 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).43

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    HARVARD : AKBAR, H., AHMAD, S. & HUSSAIN, A. 2022. Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 447-458.

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    MHRA : Akbar, Humaira, Saeed Ahmad, and Aamir Hussain. 2022. "Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 447-458

MLA

    MLA : Akbar, Humaira, Saeed Ahmad, and Aamir Hussain. "Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 447-458 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Akbar, Humaira, Ahmad, Saeed, and Hussain, Aamir (2022), "Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 447-458

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Akbar, Humaira, Saeed Ahmad, and Aamir Hussain. "Factors Causing Hesitation and Shyness as Barriers to L2 Learners' Speaking Skill." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 447-458. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).43