This study aimed to provide scientific answers to the following questions: what the
nature and extent of communication apprehension are among Afrikaans speaking
high-school pupils and the correlation between this fear and the academic
achievement of the pupils.
In order to provide answers for these questions, human communication as an activity
had to be studied in more detail. A study was made of communication and how it is
applied in the classroom situation. A very close relationship exists between
communication and teaching and it is evident that teaching cannot take place without
communication. Teaching is a particular kind of communication which can be
distinctly recognised from other forms of communication by the fact that it has the aim
of enabling the learner to perform certain learning tasks.
Communication apprehension or the lack there of can greatly determine the success
of the communication process as well as the teaching-learning process.
Communication apprehension was studied in more detail with the aim to establish
possible causes and effects of high levels of communication apprehension in pupils.
Suggestions were offered for preventing and/or surmounting communication
apprehension in the classroom.
The following information has been acquired through the use of the PRCA (Personal
Report on Communication Apprehension) which was completed by pupils of the four
Afrikaans high-schools in Potchefstroom. • 15,9% of the pupils experienced high levels of communication apprehension. • Pupils who take Afrikaans on the standard grade, in each context, experienced the highest levels of communication apprehension. • Pupils whose achievements fall in the interval 0%-49% experienced the highest communication apprehension in each context. • Pupils whose achievements fall in the interval 80% - 100% experienced the lowest communication apprehension in each context. Research on communication apprehension should be broadened to include pupils of
primary schools. The causes of high levels of communication apprehension should be
examined further, with the aim to establish programmes which could help in reducing
communication apprehension of pupils. / Skripsie (MEd (Vakdidaktiek))--PU vir CHO, 1997
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/8614 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Creators | Pretorius, Hester Aletta |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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