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A Meta-Analysis of L2 Willingness to Communicate and Its Three High-Evidence Correlates
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Elahi Shirvan, Majid; Khajavy, Gholam Hassan; MacIntyre, Peter D.; Taherian, Tahereh – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
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 learners' communicative competence. Many studies have been conducted on the relationship between WTC and related variables in learning English as a foreign language.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Willingness to Communicate in the L2 about Meaningful Photos: Application of the Pyramid Model of WTC
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Wang, Lanxi – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Willingness to communicate (WTC) reflects an intersection between instructed second language acquisition and learner psychology. WTC results from the coordinated interaction among complex processes that prepare second language (L2) learners to choose to use their L2 for authentic communication. Prior research has revealed considerable complexity…
Descriptors: Photography, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ambivalence about Communicating in a Second Language: A Qualitative Study of French Immersion Students' Willingness to Communicate
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Burns, Carolyn; Jessome, Alison – Modern Language Journal, 2011
The defining feature of immersion language learning is the omnipresent pressure to communicate in the second language (L2), even as incipient skills are being acquired. This study uses the focused essay technique to investigate ambivalence about communicating among adolescent French immersion students (12-14 years of age). Students described…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Second Language Learning, French
Biases in Self-Ratings of Second Language Proficiency: The Role of Language Anxiety.
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; And Others – Language Learning, 1997
Examines perceived competence in a second language (L2) as a function of actual competence and language anxiety. Anglophone college students with varied competency in French completed scales of language anxiety and a modified version of the "can-do" test, which assessed their self-perceptions of competence on 26 French tasks. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Bilingualism, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Sex and Age Effects on Willingness To Communicate, Anxiety, Perceived Competence, and L2 Motivation among Junior High School French Immersion Students.
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Baker, Susan C.; Clement, Richard; Donovan, Leslie A. – Language Learning, 2002
This cross-sectional investigation focused on second language (L2) communication among students in a junior high French late immersion program. Effects of language, sex, and grade on willingness to communicate, anxiety, and perceived communication competence, on frequency of communication in French, and on attitudes and motivation variables were…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cross Sectional Studies, French
Sex and Age Effects on Willingness To Communicate, Anxiety, Perceived Competence, and L2 Motivation Among Junior High School French Immersion Students.
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MacIntyre, Peter D.; Baker, Susan C.; Clement, Richard; Donovan, Leslie A. – Language Learning, 2003
Reports a cross-sectional study of second language communication among students in a junior high French late immersion program. Effects of language, sex, and grade on willingness to communicate (WTC), anxiety, perceived communication competence, and frequency of communication in French and on attitude/motivation variables are examined globally and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Apprehension, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cross Sectional Studies