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A Qualitative Comparative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers' Experiences in Reducing Oral Anxiety in Guyana and the U.S.

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Title: A Qualitative Comparative Case Study of Secondary School Teachers' Experiences in Reducing Oral Anxiety in Guyana and the U.S.
Language: English
Authors: Shauna A. Torrington
Source: ProQuest LLC. 2024Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio University.
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Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 362
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Oral Communication Method, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Geographic Terms: Guyana, United States
ISBN: 979-83-8446-252-1
Abstract: The impact of oral anxiety (OA) in the context of a second language learning (SLL) environment cannot be overemphasised. Understanding the experiences of teachers from diverse cultural and geographic contexts can help in shedding light on this especially important phenomenon. This researcher seeks to gain a better understanding of teachers' experiences with OA, and their perceptions about effective ways to reduce OA in second language (SL) classrooms.?Through a qualitative comparative methodology and case study design, data was gathered utilising semi-structured interview instruments, and teachers' journals. A purposeful sample of participants was obtained from secondary school SL teachers, in Guyana and the US, through a snowball sampling method. Subsequently, the data was analysed first through open coding, then closed coding, and finally, through cross themes analysis. Cross-case analysis was used to examine the data gathered. Implications for SL teaching and culturally responsive teaching may be garnered and promoted through this research. In the context of this dissertation, second language learning and foreign language learning are used interchangeably. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Entry Date: 2025
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Accession Number: ED663517
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Abstract:The impact of oral anxiety (OA) in the context of a second language learning (SLL) environment cannot be overemphasised. Understanding the experiences of teachers from diverse cultural and geographic contexts can help in shedding light on this especially important phenomenon. This researcher seeks to gain a better understanding of teachers' experiences with OA, and their perceptions about effective ways to reduce OA in second language (SL) classrooms.?Through a qualitative comparative methodology and case study design, data was gathered utilising semi-structured interview instruments, and teachers' journals. A purposeful sample of participants was obtained from secondary school SL teachers, in Guyana and the US, through a snowball sampling method. Subsequently, the data was analysed first through open coding, then closed coding, and finally, through cross themes analysis. Cross-case analysis was used to examine the data gathered. Implications for SL teaching and culturally responsive teaching may be garnered and promoted through this research. In the context of this dissertation, second language learning and foreign language learning are used interchangeably. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
ISBN:979-83-8446-252-1