The Role of Nested Systems in EFL Students' Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and Engagement. [PDF]
Language learning is a complex process with many intrapersonal and interpersonal processes which are nested within smaller systems, themselves. Willingness to communicate (WTC) and engagement of students are two of the many complicated, multifaceted, and
Gu L, Sun P.
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This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between Iranian English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and their teachers’ immediacy attributes.
Mehrdad Sheybani, Peter Walla
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Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and L2 Achievement: The Case of Arabic Language Learners
This study investigated the relationship between willingness to communicate (WTC) and foreign language achievement of Arabic students. Participants were 44 undergraduate Arabic students studying at Bu-Ali Sina University-Hamedan, Iran.
M. Mahmoodi, Ismail Moazam
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Willingness to Communicate (WTC) Piaget and Vygostsky on Scaffolding in EFL Education
Piaget and Vygotsky have different opinions regarding the concept of scaffolding in education. Piaget assumes that learners can acquire skills in ZPD when they are aided by their peers in the same level of knowledge.
Jian-Guang Sun +2 more
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Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in Arabic for Students of State Islamic University
Willingness to Communicate (WTC) stands as a crucial factor influencing language usage intensity, particularly in the pursuit of language learning objectives.
M. Kholis +3 more
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Contributing factors on students’ willingness to communicate (WTC)
One of the non-linguistics factors which is sometimes out of the teacher’s awareness during the teaching of speaking is how ready or how willing the language learners are to engage in the provided activities in which this psychological condition is then ...
Elis Susanti
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Reticence and willingness to communicate (WTC) of East Asian language learners [PDF]
In this virtual special issue editorial, we examine the claims put forward by studies concerning East Asian language learners' reticence and willingness to communicate (‘WTC’) published in System between 2000 and 2015. The selected articles have explored
Qing Shao, Xue-Song Gao
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Exploring Bangladeshi university students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in English classes through a qualitative study [PDF]
English is regarded as a compulsory subject in Bangladesh, which learning starts at the very early stage of a learner. However, after spending almost 12 years in learning English, learners’ oral skill is not seen up to the mark when they enter the ...
Md Rabiul Alam +5 more
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The longitudinal relationship between foreign language learning anxiety and willingness to communicate in vocational English classrooms among Chinese students: the mediating roles of instrumental motivation and learning engagement [PDF]
The willingness to communicate (WTC) in vocational English classrooms involves the combined roles of achievement emotions, future-oriented motivational beliefs, and classroom engagement.
Qianqian Wang +4 more
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WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE (WTC) AMONG TERTIARY ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS: A SURVEY STUDY
Most of the research under the topic of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) was mostly found in the context of speaking outside the classroom and in everyday communication. Therefore, the researchers conducted a study on WTC among English Education students which focused on the classroom context.
Risma Dwi Mulyaningsih, B. Murtafi'ah
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