Gholam Hassan Khajavy, Behzad Ghonsooly, Azar Hosseini Fatemi, Charles W. Choi
This study examined willingness to communicate (WTC) in English among
IranianEFLlearners in the classroom context. For this purpose, a second language
willingness to communicate (L2WTC) model based onWTCtheory (MacIntyre, Clément,
Dörnyei, & Noels, 1998) and empirical studies was proposed and tested using
structural equation modeling (SEM). This model examined the interrelationships
amongWTCin Eng... hiện toàn bộ
This article presents findings from qualitative research conducted in eight New
York City public schools offering English as a new language (also known as
English as a second language), in which language education policies were
monolingual in English at the start of data collection. These schools
participated in an intensive professional development and technical assistance
project for which they ... hiện toàn bộ
This article examines common lexicogrammatical problems found in Cantonese
English as a second language (ESL) learners' written English output. A study was
conducted with 387 student participants, who were asked to do two untutored and
unaided free‐writing tasks of about 200–300 words each. A range of
lexicogrammatical error types commonly found among Hong Kong Cantonese ESL
learners was identifie... hiện toàn bộ
Willingness to communicate (WTC) research has focused mostly on identifying
factors that influence second language (L2) WTC in ESL contexts. This study
differs by examining the effects of a 6‐week treatment aimed at enhancing WTC in
a group of 206 Yemeni rural high school EFL learners. Classes were randomly
assigned to a control group (n = 102) or an experimental group (n = 104). The
researcher de... hiện toàn bộ