Abstract: With the global expansion of China's economy, Chinese has established itself as a major language. Since then, higher education students' desire to learn increased dramatically. However, strategies for foreign language learning and anxiety both play key role in ability communicate Chinese. Thus, purpose this study is examine influence (LLS), particularly those associated with different...

Willingness to communicate (WTC) plays a central role in learning a second/foreign language. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of doing problem-solving task on learners’ WTC in English. To fulfill the purpose of the study, 61 pre-intermediate learners were chosen by means of administrating a placement test. Learners were pretested through three scales of WTC and its two ...

Using  willingness  to  communicate  (WTC)  and  socio-educational  models  as  a  framework,  the present study aimed at examining WTC in English and its underlying variables in a sample of 372 Iranian  non-English  major  EFL  learners.  The  data  were  collected  through  self-reported questionnaires.  Path  analysis  framework  using  the  Amos  Program  with  maximum  likelihood estimatio...

This research investigates the contributive factors influencing students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) dan unwillingness (Un-WTC) in English as a foreign language higher education Indonesia. 10 first-year students which came from several non-English departments participated study and they represented WTC Un-WTC groups. Semi-structured observations interviews were used collect data. The resu...

This study explored both teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogic strategies which may engender willingness to communicate (WTC) in an English as a foreign language class and the difference between their perceptions to detect how convergent or possibly how divergent these are. The project used a convenience sample of 300 students taking an intermediate English course and their...

Willingness to communicate (WTC) in a foreign language is linked range of negative and positive emotions. The present study investigated whether enjoyment anxiety are potential predictors WTC. To this end, group 349 EFL undergraduate students (Female = 226, Male 123) enrolled at public Saudi Arabian universities were surveyed. Multiple regression analyses revealed that (FLE) was predictor WTC, ...

Willingness to Communicate (WTC) has been extensively scrutinized over the last few decades. However, although there much research focusing on WTC, a studies explored students' unwillingness communicate (UWTC) and its influential factors, notably in Indonesian higher education. Hence, present study aims delineate UWTC factors while learning English speaking Survival Course. Six Education Depart...

The present study investigated the relationships among willingness to communicate, communication apprehension, and self-perceived communication competence in Persian (L1) versus English (L2). A total number of 235 adult native Persian EFL learners were selected through convenience sampling to participate in the study. The population consisted of 118 intermediate learners and 113 upper-intermedi...

Speaking is deemed by many scholars as a fundamental skill in second language (L2) learning. From the myriad of factors playing a role in willingness to communicate (WTC) in a foreign language, communication apprehension and self-perceived competence have attracted a good deal of interest in recent decades. Furthermore, it is generally agreed that cooperative teaching can enhance learners' ling...