Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language: The Japanese EFL Context  

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Yashima, Tomoko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 86 no. 1 (Jan. 2002), page 54-66.
Fulltext: Vol 86 no 1 pp.54-66.pdf (432.86KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/MLJ/86 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Willingness to communicate (WTC) is emerging as a concept to account for individuals' first language (L1) and second language (L2) communication. This study examined relations among L2 learning and L2 communication variables in the Japanese English as a foreign language context using the WTC model and the socio-educational model as a framework. A L2 communication model was constructed and tested using AMOS version 4.0, with a sample of 297 Japanese university students. In the model, a latent variable, international posture, was hypothesized to capture the general attitude toward the international community and foreign language learning in Japan. From structural equation modeling, it appeared that international posture influences motivation, which, in turn, influences proficiency in English. Motivation affected self-confidence in L2 communication which led to willingness to communicate in a L2. In addition to this indirect path, a direct path from international posture to WTC in a L2 was significant. The model's fitness to the data was good, which indicates the potential for using the WTC and other constructs to account for L2 communication.

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