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1. CONTENTS
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..….…1
1.1 Background of the Study……………………………………………………………….......2
1.2 Statement of the Problem…..........................................................................................3
1.3 Research Objectives…………………………………………………….……....................7
1.4 Research Questions…………………………………………………………......................7
1.5 Operational Definitions ………………………………………………...…...............……..8
1.6 Limitations of the Study…………………………………………………………………......9
1.7 Significances of the Study…………………………………………………….…………....10
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….….11
2.1 Oral language Development………………………….…………………………………....11
2.2 General Anxiety………………………………………………………..……………………14
2.3 Speaking Test Anxiety, Oral English Performance and Academic Performance…….17
2.4 Teacher’s Instructional Strategies and Students’ Speaking Test Anxiety…................20
2.5 Teachers, School-based Oral English Assessment and Students’ Speaking Test
Anxiety……………………………………………………………………………………….22
2.6 Conceptual Framework……………………………………………………………………..24
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….….25
3.1 Research Design…………………………………………………………………………....25
3.2 Sampling Design………………………………………………………………………….…25
3.3 Instrument…………………………………………………………………………………....26
3.4 Data Collection………………………………………………………………………………29
3.5 Data Analysis……………………………………………………………………..………….31
Appendix……………………………………………………………………………………….....32
References…………………………………………………………………………………...…..37