article review on reticence to speak

1. QUESTION 2 – ARTICLE BACKGROUND
TOPIC – RETICENCE TO SPEAK

2. ARTICLE / JOURNAL BACKGROUND
Bibliographic Information
Author Shane Donald
Article / Journal Title Learning How To Speak : Reticence
in the ESL Classroom
Journal Publication Details ARECLS, 2010, VOL 7, pp.41-58

3. PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
• To examines:-
a) The issue of reticence
b) Reason its occured
c) The implications of it
d) The pedagogical strategies used by instructor to overcome
this reticence.
 This paper does not intend to provide any definitive
solution to the problem.

4. RESEARCH METHOD
METHODS SAMPLING REASON TO USE THE METHOD
Filmed Data of an Students from Southern Taiwan To evaluate strategies learners
oral class (Non-English Majors ) employ in relation to
pedagogical goals
Focus Group Both Educational & Applied Allow participants to present
Linguistics Students – University personal reflections and
of Newcastle upon Tyne comments
Stimulated recall ( Informant A – from Kuwait ) To discover learner perspectives
interviews ( Informant B – from Macau ) on the factors that reticence
occurred

5. FINDINGS
METHODS USE FINDINGS / RESULTS
Filmed Data of an oral •A large amount of silence occurs when the
class instructor asks questions to the learners.
•The instructor is in managerial mode as does
not given time for learners to answers
questions that are asked.
Focus Group & Stimulated •Find out the factors that had the most
Recall Interview impact on willingness to speak:-
a) Fear of making mistakes
b) Error Correction
c) Extended Wait-Time
d) Effectiveness of Group Work ( Small
Group Discussion )

6. GROUP’S MEMBER REACTION
Cause of Reticence How to Overcome it
Students not interested in the language Provide fun learning, activities that can
learning attract students attention
Face loss , shy Punish those students that laugh at other
students mistake
Afraid to try / of making mistakes Give the students some time to think of
the answers and don’t try to correct the
mistake directly
Less of self-confident Give some rewards to those students
who volunteer to ask the questions

7. Conclusion
Don’t Speak
to Me in
English
My teacher Reticence Sorry, I’m not
will scolded interested in
me in front of Students’ this
my friends. Mentality language.
My friend will
laugh at me if
I made a
mistake.
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