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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jian E. PengPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Multilingual Matters Volume: 76 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.473kg ISBN: 9781783091553ISBN 10: 178309155 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 26 February 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 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 Confidence, Motivation, Learner Beliefs, and Classroom Environment (Phase 1: Questionnaire Survey) 3. Dimensions of WTC, Confidence, Motivation, Beliefs, and ClassroomEnvironment 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 References 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 IndexReviewsThe book is written without using native English idioms and thus appeals to an international readership. It is useful for the ELT practitioner who seeks to understand Chinese students' behaviour in English language classrooms. It challenges a simplistic view of Chinese students as shy and passive learners of English and helps the ELT practitioner to find ways of supporting Chinese learners on the basis of understanding them. This book also reminds ELT practitioners who work in different contexts of the complexity of their students' WTC so that they can address their students' needs better. -- Ying Wang, University of Southampton, UK ELT Journal, August 2015 This exciting book reports a multi-phase, mixed-method, longitudinal study of Chinese EFL learners' willingness to communicate in English. Taking an ecological perspective, the well-designed, groundbreaking study explores the multifaceted, context-sensitive, socially mediated, and culturally embedded nature of willingness to communicate and opens a window into the communicative psychology of millions of Chinese learners of English. Guangwei Hu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore This is an exemplary mixed methods study that captures the complexity of the topic of WTC in the Chinese context. Peng not only gives the rich detail so often called for in studies in the area, she goes on to address the needs of learners and teachers. This book will inspire researchers, educators, and learners to better understand why people who have been learning a language for years decide to either talk or to hold back when the time comes to communicate. Peter D. MacIntyre, Cape Breton University, Canada This exciting book reports a multi-phase, mixed-method, longitudinal study of Chinese EFL learners' willingness to communicate in English. Taking an ecological perspective, the well-designed, groundbreaking study explores the multifaceted, context-sensitive, socially mediated, and culturally embedded nature of willingness to communicate and opens a window into the communicative psychology of millions of Chinese learners of English. Guangwei Hu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore This is an exemplary mixed methods study that captures the complexity of the topic of WTC in the Chinese context. Peng not only gives the rich detail so often called for in studies in the area, she goes on to address the needs of learners and teachers. This book will inspire researchers, educators, and learners to better understand why people who have been learning a language for years decide to either talk or to hold back when the time comes to communicate. Peter D. MacIntyre, Cape Breton University, Canada This exciting book reports a multi-phase, mixed-method, longitudinal study of Chinese EFL learners' willingness to communicate in English. Taking an ecological perspective, the well-designed, groundbreaking study explores the multifaceted, context-sensitive, socially mediated, and culturally embedded nature of willingness to communicate and opens a window into the communicative psychology of millions of Chinese learners of English. Guangwei Hu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Author InformationJian-E Peng is an Associate Professor at the College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, China. Her research interests include willingness to communicate in an L2, learner motivation, intercultural communication, and research methodology. She has published in the journals of Language Learning, System, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher and University of Sydney Papers in TESOL. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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