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setting a premise for what the paper intended to call for. The paper in the fourth section would point out that as the demand for ESP goals has gone largely unanswered, there is a need to have ESP teachers come into affront and fill in the gap, helping move the AED out of the current dilemma. The paper in conclusion suggested a set of education values for ESP teachers to go ahead with, and it again problematicized the stereotyped mentality of those evaluation committee members when it comes to the distinctive functions of the AED. Key words: Computer-assisted learning, Corpus-based, Content-based, ESP, General English, Genre-based -22-
Peer Pressure and the Reticence to Speak English John Jenkins, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Applied English Kainan University Abstract The topic of this qualitative research concerned peer pressure and reticence to speak English in a classroom setting for students studying in Taiwan’s universities. As a continuation of an original study concerning reticence to speak English conducted 1 year earlier that included 10 participants (5 male and 5 female sophomore students), 4 participants from that study participated in the current study. The 2 male and 2 female junior students were interviewed 2 times each in addition to the 4 interviews each participated within during the original study. The purpose of the study was to identify to what extent peer pressure influences reticence to speak English in a classroom setting, to identify what factors concerning peer pressure inhibit participation, and to identify what factors can mediate the reticence to speak English caused by peer pressure. This study found factors that contributed to the students’ reticence to speak English in a classroom setting included face saving issues such as embarrassment because of the level of their English ability, knowledge of vocabulary, the participants’ self-perceived English language ability, and the perceived English language ability of other students. Personality factors such as self-confidence, extroversion, or introversion further enhanced the students’ reticence to speak English. Furthermore, peer pressure was found to be a major factor contributing to the students’ reticence to speak English. When students were uncomfortable with group members or had personality conflicts with individuals within the classroom setting, the students were more reluctant to speak English and to actively participate. Students did not want to be embarrassed on the one hand, or thought to be “showing off” their English ability on the other hand, and as a result even those students with an advanced ability in English were reluctant to participate. The relationship that students had with peers was found to be the motivating factor involved in their willingness to participate in a classroom discussion or respond during a question and answer period due largely to -23-
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