Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be studied as a relatively stable, trait-like
predisposition; however, recently attention has shifted to the more dynamic, state-like …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Chinese students are frequently seen as passive learners because of their apparent
reluctance to speak, particularly in English classrooms. However, this impression seems to …

This article reports on a qualitative study that shows how situational willingness to
communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2) can dynamically emerge and fluctuate …

Willingness to communicate (WTC), which plays a crucial role in second or foreign language
learning, has a dynamic and complex nature, fluctuating during communicative events. This …

This paper examines dynamism in students' situational willingness to communicate (WTC)
within a second language classroom. This longitudinal study involved twelve English as a …

This article reports on a study that investigated the dual characteristics of willingness to
communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2): trait-like WTC and situational WTC. By …

This book presents mixed-methods research into Chinese students' willingness to
communicate (WTC) in an EFL classroom context. The interrelationships between WTC and …