A Sociocognitive Account of Willingness to Communicate from the Perspective of Complex Dynamic Systems Theory.

F Farrokhi, M Zohrabi, AG Azarberis - Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023 - ERIC
This study investigates the dynamic nature of second language willingness to communicate
(L2WTC) exploring the numerous factors that contribute to the construct. Drawing upon the …

Dynamics of factors underlying willingness to communicate in a second language

H Syed, I Kuzborska - The language learning journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The present study was designed to explore the situational variables and their interaction
determining the willingness to communicate (WTC) in English (L2) of six postgraduate …

Understanding the nature of variations in postgraduate learners' willingness to communicate in English

H Syed, I Kuzborska - Cogent Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) is a learner's volitional
participation in oral communication using L2. Previous research has expended considerable …

Investigating situational willingness to communicate within second language classrooms from an ecological perspective

Y Cao - System, 2011 - Elsevier
Previous research into willingness to communicate (WTC) in L2 has focused primarily on its
trait dispositions that remain stable across contexts and its situated nature is under explored …

Second language willingness to communicate as a complex dynamic system

S Nematizadeh, D Wood - … perspectives on willingness to communicate in …, 2021 - Springer
The widely-cited work of MacIntyre et al.(Mod Lang J 82 (4): 545–562, 1998), which
uncovered the underlying layers of willingness to communicate (WTC), engendered a …

Exploring dynamism in willingness to communicate: A longitudinal case study

Y Cao - Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2013 - jbe-platform.com
This paper examines dynamism in students' situational willingness to communicate (WTC)
within a second language classroom. This longitudinal study involved twelve English as a …

" At school, I feel interrogated": Differences in willingness to communicate in Iranian schools and private English institutes

M Shirazizadeh, SA Mirhosseini, S Jagiri - System, 2024 - Elsevier
This qualitative study explored the underlying forces that shape Iranian EFL learners'
second language willingness to communicate (L2WTC) in two distinct contexts of public …

Willingness to communicate in a second language and the promise of complex dynamic systems theory: A narrative review

H Syed, S Memon, ZA Chachar… - Research in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) is a speaker's voluntary
engagement in communication using a target language. WTC has undergone several …

Dynamics of variables underlying willingness to communicate (WTC) in English (L2): A case study of postgraduate business students at a university classroom in …

HAS Syed - 2016 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Modern approaches to second language (L2) pedagogy emphasise authentic L2 use for
successful L2 learning. However, it has been a common observation L2 contexts that …

To talk or not to talk: A review of situational antecedents of willingness to communicate in the second language classroom

J Zhang, N Beckmann, JF Beckmann - System, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …