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The Constructs of Willingness to Communicate, Motivation, Language Anxiety and Boredom: Overview of Selected Issues
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
A number of variables have an influence on language learners' success in the learning of a foreign/second language. Some variables, such as motivation, language anxiety or willingness to communicate (WTC), have been researched extensively in the field of second language acquisition, while others, such as boredom, still remain among "the most…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Learner Engagement
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Mariusz Kruk – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This chapter discusses issues concerning the design and implementation of the research project dealing with the changes in the levels of willingness to communicate, motivation, boredom and language anxiety, their relationships and factors influencing them in the course of the participants' visits to the virtual world Second Life. [For the complete…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences, Computer Simulation