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Aptitude complexes: Expanding our view of language aptitude
The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 4, Page 775-799, Winter 2025.Abstract In second language (L2) research, aptitude is typically viewed as a multicomponential, cognitive construct. Yet we know that L2 learning is influenced by multiple learner individual differences (IDs) besides cognitive abilities and that these IDs interact.
Lani Freeborn +2 more
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Social Media and Willingness to Communicate in English [PDF]
, 2023 This thesis investigates diverse factors potentially impacting 7th-grade pupils' English communication engagement on social media platforms. The research question for this thesis is: How does the use of social media affect pupils' willingness to ...
Al, Özge
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiConsidering the significant role of willingness to communicate (WTC) in the development of speaking skills in foreign language learning, this study investigates the role of picture-based speaking activities in students’ WTC in English.
Şadıman Hunutlu
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An Inquiry into Turkish Academicians’ Willingness to Communicate in English
Nalans, 2019 Willingness to communicate concept has caught the interest of many studies in the field of second language acquisition. Although studies which examine relationship between WTC and foreign language proficiency can be found in the literature, all of them ...
Kenan Çetin, Ferit Kılıçkaya
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The Relationship between Students’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in English and Their Teacher Immediacy Behaviours [PDF]
, 2023 This study aims to investigate the relationship between students’ WTC and teacher immediacy behaviors, to reveal what kind of immediacy behaviors are used in English classrooms, and to understand how students perceive teacher immediacy that affects ...
Ryan Rayhana Sofyan, - +2 more
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The relationship between personality traits and WTC in EFL context [PDF]
Journal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2016 Willingness to communicate (WTC) in second language has recently become an important concept across disciplines of second language acquisition (SLA).WTC in a foreign language which refers to the tendency to orally communicate may be caused by situational
Maryam Adelifar, Email: maryam_adelifar@yahoo.com +3 more
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Exploring willingness to communicate (WTC) in an informal, in-person, EFL learning environment
, 2023 Der Fremdsprachenerwerb jenseits des Klassenzimmers bietet viele Vorteile für den Lernprozess von Sprachschüler:innen. Studien legen nahe, dass sich positive Effekte auf die Sprachkompetenz der Schüler:innen sowie auf die Gesprächsbereitschaft (Willingness to Communicate, WTC) zeigen.
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BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE AMONG FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN TURKEY
, 2014 In this study I investigated the relationship between personality traits and willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2 WTC). Participants were 168 university students majoring in English as a foreign language at a major state university ...
Oz, HÜSEYİN
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Willingness to Communicate in English: Insights from Kurdish Tertiary Students
International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational StudiesWTC can be conceptualized as the readiness and intention of a language learner to enter a communicative situation. Although previous studies have acknowledged learners’ willingness to communicate (henceforth, WTC) in English in diverse educational ...
Sarkawt Muhammad Qadir +2 more
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The Construct of Willingness to Communicate and Its Relationship with EFL Learners’ Perceived Verbal and Nonverbal Teacher Immediacy [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2014 Given the fact that developing an intimate relationship between teacher and students creates a safe learning environment (Harran, 2006), and because teacher immediacy is proved to increase students’ motivation for learning (Velez & Cano, 2008), this ...
Maryam Gol +2 more
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