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Zhou, Li; Xi, Yiheng; Lochtman, Katja – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The present study aimed to explore the potential moderating effect of foreign language anxiety (FLA) on the relationship between second language (L2) competence and willingness to communicate (WTC) in 129 Chinese study-abroad English learners in Belgium. Descriptive analyses revealed fairly low levels of FLA and high levels of WTC of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Classroom Communication
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Lijuan Wang; Katri Jokikokko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study adopts a sociocultural approach to examine the language socialisation of a lower age novice-newcomer recently arrived in a Finnish open day care centre. A mixed method approach combining ethnographic analysis and quantitative analysis has been used to analyse video-recordings. The results suggest that when educators recognise language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Child Care Centers, Second Language Learning
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Halupka-Rešetar, Sabina; Kneževic, Ljiljana; Topalov, Jagoda – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
The paper investigates the concept of willingness to communicate (WTC) in the context of tertiary education in Serbia with a twofold aim: (a) to assess the level of students' WTC, both generally and in relation to each of the four language skills, both inside the classroom and outside of it; (b) to explore the extent to which orientation towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, College Students
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Rafiee, Marzieh; Abbasian-Naghneh, Salman – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Since its introduction to the field of modern language instruction, willingness to communicate (WTC) attracted much attention from researchers and practitioners. Since then, a large and growing body of literature has investigated the factors influencing language learners' WTC. Among the factors identified, individual factors were found to have…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
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Beaulieu, Suzie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Studies in the field of transcultural nursing in the USA and Australia have shown that bilingual nurses who work in their non-dominant language face many communication challenges. The majority of the linguistic problems they encounter are related to their inability to interpret and use language appropriately in different, authentic nursing…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Patients
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
An analysis of data collected from 2347 users of English on their self-reported swearing behaviour in English revealed significant higher values for the 1159 native English (L1) users than for the 1165 English foreign language (LX) users. Parallel analyses on the data of the L1 and LX users revealed that the interlocutor effect was slightly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
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Khatib, Mohammad; Nourzadeh, Saeed – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The current study was undertaken with the purpose of developing and validating a willingness to communicate (WTC) questionnaire for instructional language teaching and learning contexts. Six instructional WTC (IWTC) components were identified after (1) undertaking a comprehensive review of the literature on second language (L2) WTC and other…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Validity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Alptekin, Cem; Ercetin, Gulcan; Bayyurt, Yasemin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
This paper reports a longitudinal quasiexperimental study that investigated the effectiveness of a theme-based syllabus versus an essentially grammatical syllabus with functional elements for young Turkish learners of English (aged 10-11) in a primary school setting. The theme-based syllabus rested on two different theoretical premises, one being…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Experimental Groups, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Kobayashi, Yoko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study is part of a larger investigation into Japanese students' use of English and friendship buildup inside and outside Canadian English as a second language (ESL) institutes. Both qualitative and quantitative data were garnered primarily from formal in-depth interviews with nine Japanese students and questionnaire surveys with 216 students.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Friendship, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Moyer, Alene – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
With its focus on simplification universals, developmental orders, teachability, and functional-grammatical bases for acquisition, the well-known research on German (L2) language acquisition has contributed much to SLA research in general. At the same time, sociolinguistic investigations focus squarely on the difficult social conditions that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, German, Native Speakers