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Yashima, Tomoko; Zenuk-Nishide, Lori; Shimizu, Kazuaki – Language Learning, 2004
This article investigates results and antecedents of willingness to communicate WTC in a second language L2 through 2 separate investigations conducted with Japanese adolescent learners of English. In the first investigation, involving 160 students, a model was created based on the hypothesis that WTC results in more frequent communication in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Structural Equation Models, Interpersonal Communication