| This study determined the relationships among English oral communication apprehension, social interest, and locus of control of Far Eastern students, and examined whether differences exist in these variables, compared to gender, age, academic classification, major field of study, employment status, and length of study in the United States. Four instruments, including a demographic questionnaire, the Adapted Personal Report of Communication Apprehension-24 (APRCA-24), the Social Interest Scale (SIS), and the Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Scale, were used to collect data from the sample of 240 Far Eastern students enrolled at North Texas State University in the fall semester of 1986.;The one-way analyses of variance revealed that gender and age did not seem to be related to levels of English oral communication apprehension, social interest, and locus of control of the students. Graduate classification, employment, and longer periods of study in the United States seemed to be positive factors in reducing levels of English oral communication apprehension for the students. Major fields of study in which a small number of Far Eastern students were enrolled (music, home economics, and library and information sciences) appeared to be related to a higher level of English oral communication apprehension. This study also found that length of study in the United States seemed to be related to external locus of control of the students.;Analyses of data from 171 respondents using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient revealed that English oral communication apprehension did not seem to be related to social interest, but it seemed to be related to external locus of control of Far Eastern students. Social interest did not seem to be related to external locus of control of the students. |
