Communication Apprehension among Japanese College Students

Autor/in	Matsuoka, Rieko
Titel	Communication Apprehension among Japanese College Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 12 (2008) 2, S.37-48 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1345-8353
Schlagwörter	College Students; Interviews; Anxiety; Females; Personality Traits; Communication (Thought Transfer); Competition; Self Concept; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Asians; Vietnamese People; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Angst; Weibliches Geschlecht; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Wettkampf; Selbstkonzept; Schulleistung; Ausland; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	The main purposes of this study are: (a) to identify the constructs that may generate communication apprehension and to investigate how they influence communication apprehension and reduce the level of willingness to communicate; and (b) to explore the basic mentality underlying these constructs. The data were obtained from semi-structured interviews with 10 Japanese female college students and one Vietnamese male student who provided a contrast for the data from the Japanese students. The study suggests that constructs such as perfectionism, competitiveness, "good-student" mentality and face-protecting orientation may generate communication apprehension and the basic mentality underlying them may be other-directedness. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Department of English, Namseoul University, 21 Maeju-ri, Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-city, Choongnam, Korea 330-707. Tel: +82-2-3290-1995; e-mail: paalkorea@yahoo.co.kr; Web site: http://www.paal.kr/journal/journal.asp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10