This book offers a comprehensive account of individual differences variables as well as
contextual factors that impinge on second language learners' willingness to communicate …

Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be seen as a stable, trait-like communicative
tendency; however, in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), attention has recently …

Recent years have witnessed a shift in empirical investigations of language learners'
willingness to communicate (WTC) from quantitative studies examining the ways in which …

This study investigates willingness to communicate (WTC) and its determinants through
structural equation modelling (SEM). Building on models by MacIntyre and Charos (1996) …

Willingness to communicate (WTC) has been considered an important part of the language
learning and communication process, playing a pivotal role in the development of language …

In modern language teaching, it is assumed that students need to be Willing (ness) to
Communicate (WTC) in the second or foreign language in order to learn it, and therefore …

A number of factors have been identified as having an impact on learning a second/foreign
language. A recent addition to this list of factors is Willingness to Communicate (WTC) …

Due to the growing emphasis of modern language pedagogy on meaningfulcommunication,
L2 willingness to communicate (WTC) has recently become animportant concept in second …

This study attempts to answer one straightforward question:“what is the relationship between
students' proficiency level and their willingness to communicate?”, ie, their “readiness to …

This paper explores factors contributing to the willingness to communicate (WTC) in English
as a foreign language (L2) in a Thai university setting. The study uses multiple methods …