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Willingness to Communicate in a Multilingual Context: Part One, a Time-Serial Study of Developmental Dynamics

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Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024

In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices affect TL development. They also vary between individuals. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Swedish

Willingness to Communicate in a Multilingual Context: Part Two, Person-Context Dynamics

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Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024

In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices vary between individuals and affect TL development. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these variations. So…

Descriptors: Language Usage, Context Effect, Intercultural Communication, Adult Education

The Motivational Effects of Crosslinguistic Awareness: Developing Third Language Pedagogies to Address the Negative Impact of the L2 on the L3 Self-Concept

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Henry, Alastair – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2014

Learning a third language (TL) brings with it particular pedagogical demands. In the pedagogy of TL learning now emerging, the development of students' metalinguistic and crosslinguistic awareness is of central importance. In particular, emphasis is placed on the benefits of cross-referencing with supporter languages. While comparisons with…

Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning