An Exploration of Factors Contributing to Students’ Unwillingness to Communicate

Kubra Aksak; Feryal Cubukcu

doi:10.4312/vestnik.12.155-170

Avtorji

Kubra Aksak Univerza Dokuz Eylül, Izmir, Turčija
Feryal Cubukcu Univerza Dokuz Eylül, Izmir, Turčija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/vestnik.12.155-170

Ključne besede:

učenje tujih jezikov, nepripravljenost za komunikacijo, učno okolje, hrup, vzdušje

Povzetek

Nepripravljenost učencev za komunikacijo predstavlja enega največjih izzivov pri pouku jezika. Izraz »nepripravljenost za komunikacijo« (angl. unwillingness to communicate oz. UWTC) označuje nagnjenost učencev k nenehnemu izogibanju ustni komunikaciji ali zmanjševanju njenega pomena. Glavni cilj naše raziskave je bil preučiti dejavnike, ki vplivajo na nepripravljenost študentov za komunikacijo v angleščini. V raziskavo je bilo vključenih 100 študentov z Oddelka za poučevanje angleškega jezika, ki smo jih izbrali z metodo stratificiranega vzorčenja. Podatke smo zbrali s pomočjo vprašalnika, v katerem smo se osredotočili na tri vrste dejavnikov, ki negativno vplivajo na komunikacijsko vedenje študentov: afektivne dejavnike, dejavnike, izhajajoče iz predavatelja, in okoljske dejavnike. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, da okoljski dejavniki, kot so odnos med študenti, velikost učne skupine, učna gradiva, hrup in vzdušje v učni skupini, najmočneje vplivajo na nepripravljenost študentov za komunikacijo v angleščini. Sledijo afektivni dejavniki, kot so tesnoba, sramežljivost, pomanjkanje motivacije, slabše poznavanje besedišča, pomanjkanje samozavesti, strah pred kritiko, slabše poznavanje teme pogovora, pritisk vrstnikov in strah pred napakami. Dejavniki, povezani s predavateljem, se glede na vpliv na nepripravljenost študentov za komunikacijo uvrščajo na tretje mesto. Podrobnejša analiza rezultatov v tej kategoriji je pokazala, da študenti svojo nepripravljenost za komunikacijo pripisujejo predavateljevemu odnosu in pritiskom, pomanjkanju predavateljeve podpore, pomanjkanju možnosti pogovora v angleščini ter možnosti rabe maternega in ciljnega jezika.

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