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ERIC Number: EJ1276560
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0958-8221
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Willingness to Communicate in Digital and Non-Digital EFL Contexts: Scale Development and Psychometric Testing
Computer Assisted Language Learning, v33 n7 p688-707 2020
This study introduces a new scale of willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) in digital and non-digital EFL contexts. The psychometric testing of the revised L2 WTC (L2 WTC-R) was undertaken with 114 Indonesian EFL students by means of exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The results yielded an 11-item scale composed of three factors ("L2 WTC inside the classroom," "L2 WTC outside the classroom," and "L2 WTC in the context of informal digital learning of English [IDLE]"), with strong reliability and validity evidences. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was subsequently administered for a new sample (215 Indonesian EFL students), confirming the three-factor model that emerged from EFA. These results not only validate the existing L2 WTC scale but also expand its scale into digital settings, which will enable future research to consider another domain of L2 WTC (the IDLE context). From a real-world perspective, this can serve as a useful instrument for practitioners to gauge and foster L2 WTC levels in digital and non-digital contexts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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