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 …

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 …

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 …

An idiodynamic study of the interconnectedness between cognitive and affective components underlying L2 willingness to communicate

Y Wang, Q Xu - International Review of Applied Linguistics in …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Abstract Employing the Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) as a theoretical
framework, this study explores the interconnectedness of cognitive and affective …

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 …

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 …

A per-second investigation of the interconnectedness between linguistic and cognitive factors underlying L2 willingness to communicate

S Nematizadeh - Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022 - jpll.org
Willingness to communicate (WTC) research has recently witnessed a paradigm shift with
the more recent studies looking at the shifting and dynamic nature of the variable. A growing …

Situated willingness to communicate in an L2: Interplay of individual characteristics and context

T Yashima, PD MacIntyre… - Language Teaching …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Recently, situated willingness to communicate (WTC) has received increasing research
attention in addition to traditional quantitative studies of trait-like WTC. This article is an …

Fluctuations in willingness to communicate during a semester: A case study

A Mystkowska-Wiertelak - The Language Learning Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dynamic shifts of language learners' willingness to communicate (WtC) have been
investigated in a number of studies with a view to establishing the impact of various …

Expanding the theoretical base for the dynamics of willingness to communicate

P MacIntyre - Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020 - ceeol.com
The dynamics underlying willingness to communicate in a second or third language (L2 for
short), operating in real time, are affected by a number of intra-and inter-personal processes …