Willingness to Communicate in English As a Second Language As a Stable Trait or Context-influenced Variable: Case Studies of Iranian Migrants to New Zealand
| aut.relation.endpage | 196 | |
| aut.relation.issue | 2 | en_NZ |
| aut.relation.startpage | 177 | |
| aut.relation.volume | 36 | en_NZ |
| aut.researcher | Cameron, Denise Leslie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cameron, DL | en_NZ |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-03T01:54:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-03T01:54:25Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2013-07-12 | en_NZ |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-07-12 | en_NZ |
| dc.description.abstract | Whether Willingness to Communicate (WTC) is a permanent trait or is modified by situational context has previously been investigated in various studies (e.g. Cao & Philp, 2006; Kang, 2005; MacIntyre & Legatto, 2011). However, most research into WTC has been quantitative or conducted in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or Study Abroad situation in countries such as Canada, Japan, Korea and China. This article reports on the qualitative component of an exploratory mixed methods study in a New Zealand (NZ) university with participants who are permanent migrants from Iran. These students completed a questionnaire and participated in further in-depth semi-structured interviews. The article provides an overview of previous research into WTC and motivation in Iran and NZ as the context for these three case studies. In this study, six factors, both trait and situational, were identified as having an effect on these students’ WTC in both countries: self-perceived competence; personality; anxiety; motivation and the importance of English; and the learning context. Finally, this article discusses the contribution of this study to the WTC field of research, identifying the implications of these results for teachers of English in the ESL (English as a Second Language or migrant) context and possible avenues for future research. | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.citation | Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol.36(2), pp.177 - 196 | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/10128 | |
| dc.language | English | en_NZ |
| dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company | |
| dc.relation.uri | http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/aral/issue/current | en_NZ |
| dc.rights | The right to post the ‘author accepted manuscript’ (i.e., a version reflecting any changes made in the peer review process, but not the publisher’s PDF, proofs or offprint) on the author's personal website, the website/institutional repository of the author's institute and/or funder, and on electronic pre-print servers, including subject-based repositories and services. | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | OpenAccess | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | L2 willingness to communicate; L2 motivation; Case studies | |
| dc.title | Willingness to Communicate in English As a Second Language As a Stable Trait or Context-influenced Variable: Case Studies of Iranian Migrants to New Zealand | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| pubs.elements-id | 150229 | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT | |
| pubs.organisational-data | /AUT/Culture & Society |