Well....
when I look back at my research proposal, I think the idea is too idealistic.
I realize that no matter what topic or problem that we want to discuss, the most important thing is it must be measurable.
I also find out that as I try to look for the reading materials, I somehow diverted my ideas and I'm starting to think for another topic.
Instead of focusing on motivation solely, I think I might be focusing on the relationship between students' anxiety level and their participation in speaking activity.
I think that one would be clearer compared to the previous one.
I think, one of the reason that students' are so reluctant to speak or to get involve in any speaking activity is because of their anxiety level. I do believe that anxiety is one of the factors which demotivating students' in using English as L2 orally. So I guess it is not too far astray from my previous idea yet this one is more focused.
In general, what causes on to be anxious could be their level of stress, worry, nervousness, over or less self-confidence and perhaps their bad memories with particular matter.
Based on my observations and understanding, students become anxious when speaking other language, which is not their mother tongue as they are afraid that others would judge them. They are afraid of making mistakes as they think their friends would make fun out of it and perhaps the teacher would scold them. I need to know whether these causes of anxiety are true or not.
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