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Learner-internal and learner-external predictors of Willingness to Communicate in the FL Classroom
In: Journal of the European Second Language Association; Vol 2, No 1 (2018); 24-37 ; 2399-9101 (2018)
Abstract: Willingness to Communicate (WTC), defined as “a readiness to enter into discourse at a particular time with a specific person or persons, using a L2” (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément & Noels, 1998, p. 547), is influenced by a complex interplay of interacting learner-internal variables (including sociobiographical, emotional and macro intergroup variables) and learner-external variables (i.e. teacher-centred) in the foreign language (FL) classroom. The present study attempts to identify the strongest predictors of WTC from 189 British pupils in two high-achieving London secondary schools studying mostly French, German and Spanish as FLs. Correlation analyses followed by multiple regression analyses showed that the strongest predictors of WTC were FL classroom anxiety, frequent FL use by the teacher, a positive attitude towards the FL (a neglected macro intergroup dimension in recent research), followed by high levels of social FL Enjoyment and age. The pedagogical implication is that FL teachers can boost learners’ WTC by creating a positive emotional classroom climate where pupils can overcome their anxiety. Moreover, by generating a genuine interest in the FL and using the FL a lot, teachers can increase their pupils’ levels of WTC.
Keyword: Applied Linguistics; Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety; Foreign Language Enjoyment; learner-external variables; learner-internal variables; Second Language Acquisition; Willingness to Communicate
URL: https://doi.org/10.22599/jesla.37
https://www.euroslajournal.org/jms/article/view/37
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Predicting language learners' grades in the L1, L2, L3 and L4: the effect of some psychological and sociocognitive variables
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Multilingual Matters & Channel View Publications, 2007
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Sociodemographic, psychological and politico-cultural correlates in Flemish students' attitude toward French and English
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Multilingual Matters & Channel View Publications, 2005
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Preface for special issue of The International Review of Applied Linguistics on variation in the interlanguage of advanced second language learners.
Mougeon, Raymond; Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Mouton Publishers, 2004
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Blistering barnacles! What language do multilinguals swear in?
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Universidade de Vigo, 2004
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The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in French as a foreign language: An overview
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Cambridge University Press - Copyright holder: Cambridge University Press - Http://journals.canbridge.org, 2004
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Variation, chaos et système en interlangue française
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : DEPA-Université Paris VIII, 2002
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Maîtriser la norme sociolinguistique en interlangue française : le cas de l'omission variable de 'ne'
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Regan, Vera. - : Cambridge University Press - Copyright holder: Cambridge University Press - Http://journals.canbridge.org, 2002
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Gender assignment and gender agreement in advanced French Interlanguage: a cross-sectional study
Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Veronique, Daniel. - : Cambridge University Press - Copyright holder: Cambridge University Press - Http://journals.canbridge.org, 2001
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Saisir l'insaisissable ? Les mesures de longueur d'énoncés en linguistique appliquée
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Mouton Publishers, 2000
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Variation synchronique des taux d'exactitude
Dewaele, Jean-Marc. - : Mouton Publishers, 1994
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