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Willingness to Communicate in the Chinese EFL University Classroom : An Ecological Perspective / Jian-E Peng.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Second Language AcquisitionPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781783091553
  • 9781783091560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.0071
LOC classification:
  • PE1130.C4 P49 2014
  • PE1130 .C4 P49 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1. The Research of Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybrid Perspectives on WTC in an L2 -- Part 2. The Big Picture: Interrelationships between WTC, Communication Confi dence, Motivation, Learner Beliefs and Classroom Environment (Phase 1: Questionnaire Survey) -- 3. Dimensions of WTC, Confidence, Motivation, Beliefs and Classroom Environment -- 4. Interrelationships between WTC, Confidence, Motivation, Beliefs and Environment on WTC: A Full Structural Model -- Part 3. A Situated Lens: WTC Fluctuations over Time and Across Classroom Situations (Phase 2: A Multiple-Case Study) -- 5. Four Cases and their WTC Fluctuations -- 6. Distal and Proximal Influences on WTC Fluctuations -- Part 4. Blending 'Apple Juice' and 'Orange Juice': Integration of Overall Findings -- 7. WTC Inside the Language Classroom and Beyond -- 8. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Factor Loadings -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire -- Appendix 3: Correlation Matrix for the Structural Model -- Appendix 4: Interview Guide -- Appendix 5: Classroom Observation Scheme -- Appendix 6: Learning Journal Framework -- Appendix 7: Coding Scheme
Summary: This book presents mixed-methods research into Chinese students' willingness to communicate (WTC) in an EFL classroom context. The interrelationships between WTC and motivation, communication confidence, learner beliefs and classroom environment are examined using structural equation modelling on data collected in a large-scale survey. These results are then complemented and expanded upon in a follow-up multiple case-study that identifies six themes which account for fluctuations of WTC over time and across situations. The qualitative and quantitative data provide the grounds for the proposition of an ecological model of WTC in the Chinese EFL university classroom, which reveals that WTC is socioculturally constructed as a function of the interaction of individual and environmental factors inside and beyond the classroom walls.
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Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1. The Research of Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hybrid Perspectives on WTC in an L2 -- Part 2. The Big Picture: Interrelationships between WTC, Communication Confi dence, Motivation, Learner Beliefs and Classroom Environment (Phase 1: Questionnaire Survey) -- 3. Dimensions of WTC, Confidence, Motivation, Beliefs and Classroom Environment -- 4. Interrelationships between WTC, Confidence, Motivation, Beliefs and Environment on WTC: A Full Structural Model -- Part 3. A Situated Lens: WTC Fluctuations over Time and Across Classroom Situations (Phase 2: A Multiple-Case Study) -- 5. Four Cases and their WTC Fluctuations -- 6. Distal and Proximal Influences on WTC Fluctuations -- Part 4. Blending 'Apple Juice' and 'Orange Juice': Integration of Overall Findings -- 7. WTC Inside the Language Classroom and Beyond -- 8. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1: Factor Loadings -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire -- Appendix 3: Correlation Matrix for the Structural Model -- Appendix 4: Interview Guide -- Appendix 5: Classroom Observation Scheme -- Appendix 6: Learning Journal Framework -- Appendix 7: Coding Scheme

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This book presents mixed-methods research into Chinese students' willingness to communicate (WTC) in an EFL classroom context. The interrelationships between WTC and motivation, communication confidence, learner beliefs and classroom environment are examined using structural equation modelling on data collected in a large-scale survey. These results are then complemented and expanded upon in a follow-up multiple case-study that identifies six themes which account for fluctuations of WTC over time and across situations. The qualitative and quantitative data provide the grounds for the proposition of an ecological model of WTC in the Chinese EFL university classroom, which reveals that WTC is socioculturally constructed as a function of the interaction of individual and environmental factors inside and beyond the classroom walls.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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