ERIC Number: EJ1358078
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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The Influence of Contextual and Motivational Variables on Willingness to Communicate in Fully Online EFL Programmes
Grant, Sean
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, v12 n2 Article 27 2022
This quantitative study takes an ecological perspective by examining classroom environmental variables, student motivational factors, and their relationship with form-focused and meaning-focused in-class willingness to communicate (WtC) during a fully online English as a Foreign Language Programme at a Macau University. Statistically significant multiple regression results identified a moderate and strong overall relationship between these environmental and student motivational factors with in-class meaning-focused (adjusted R2 = 0.47, p < 0.01) and form-focused (adjusted R2 = 0.53, p < 0.01) WtC. In addition, regression results indicated task orientation, student group cohesiveness, and desire to learn English as the most important predictor variables for both types of in-class WtC. Weak relationships were evident between WtC with teacher support and motivation intensity. The results suggest that well-developed tasks and strong student group cohesiveness are fundamental considerations for fully online programme design for encouraging WtC.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Educational Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Group Dynamics, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Macau
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