Palavras-chave
Libyan postgraduates
Malaysian institutions
written communication abilities
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Resumo
A comunicação escrita representa uma habilidade lingüística crítica. No entanto, a apreensão muitas vezes dificulta a confiança dos estudantes na comunicação escrita. Na Líbia, por exemplo, os estudantes tendem a enfrentar desafios na comunicação escrita em inglês, possivelmente, como resultado do Apreensão da Língua Estrangeira (FLA) que, em última instância, afeta seu desempenho na escrita. Este estudo, portanto, procurou examinar a percepção de auto-eficácia e sua correlação com a apreensão da escrita entre os estudantes líbios de pós-graduação em universidades malaias. Para atingir este objetivo, o estudo adotou um método de pesquisa descritiva onde questionários autodistribuídos foram usados para coletar dados. Os dados foram analisados utilizando a estatística descritiva, envolvendo a média, o desvio padrão e a correlação de Pearson. Os resultados revelaram níveis moderados de auto-eficácia percebida e apreensão da comunicação escrita entre os estudantes de pós-graduação. De acordo com os resultados, há uma correlação ligeiramente significativa entre a percepção de auto-eficácia dos estudantes de pós-graduação e sua apreensão de comunicação escrita. Espera-se que este estudo ofereça informações valiosas que poderiam ser consideradas pelos instrutores para ajudar os alunos a desenvolver a auto-eficácia e superar a ansiedade da escrita em inglês.
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