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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)
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MacIntyre, Peter D. – Modern Language Journal, 1995
Advocates that language anxiety can play a significant causal role in creating individual differences in both language learning and communication. This paper studies the role of anxiety in the language learning process and concludes that the linguistic coding deficit hypothesis errs in assigning epiphenomenal status to language anxiety. (57…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Case Studies, Cognitive Ability