Research: Literature Review.

This is the literature review for a survey project that I am currently involved in. I will be linking the final project results, with the permission of my professor, Dr. Charles Roberts.For the PhD application committee and professors from Clemson, please take note that this is a tentative assessment of my writing ability. The final project will include countless hours of data analysis and further quantitative research surrounding ESL Communication Apprehension.

I have spoken with Dr. James McCroskey, and ascertained his permission to use a different version of the PRCA-24. Dr. Roberts and I agree that the scope of this paper will be more narrowly defined for purposes of publishing a draft, hypothetically in a communication journal.

By simply refining the Alt. Hypothesis to correlate with the RQ's, that will ask..."To what degree does Communicative Apprehension exist in those students speaking Spanish as their first language"? And, "Compared to results of 30 Native English Speakers, what is the level of CA in those ESL speakers"? http://students.etsu.edu/zwrh1/haynesreview.doc