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Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students

Having a sense of willingness to communicate in the 2nd language (L2) is one of the important factors in improving L2 speaking skills. Willingness to Communicate (WTC) a model proposed by MacIntyre et. al (1998) is considered an indicator for successful English learning outcome. There are several fa...

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Main Authors: Anna Lynn Abu Bakar, Suyansah Swanto, Romzi Ationg, Wardatul Akmam Din
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Language:English
Published: ResearchGate 2022
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LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education
PE1001-1693 Modern English
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/
http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/IJLGC.730007
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spelling my.ums.eprints.424082024-12-30T01:20:17Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/ Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students Anna Lynn Abu Bakar Suyansah Swanto Romzi Ationg Wardatul Akmam Din LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education PE1001-1693 Modern English Having a sense of willingness to communicate in the 2nd language (L2) is one of the important factors in improving L2 speaking skills. Willingness to Communicate (WTC) a model proposed by MacIntyre et. al (1998) is considered an indicator for successful English learning outcome. There are several factors that influences students’ WTC in English. Hence, the objective of this study is to look into the individual factors that influences pre-university students WTC in English in an ESL digital classroom setting. The result of the study was obtained through the use of qualitative method using a focused group interview of 25 voluntary pre-university students in a public university in Sabah, Malaysia. The data obtained revealed that individual factors which are self-confidence, language anxiety, motivation and grit play a role in influencing pre-university students’ WTC in English. This finding would be beneficial to language instructors as well as syllabus makers in providing and designing an English lesson that is geared to encouraging students to communicate in English. ResearchGate 2022 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Anna Lynn Abu Bakar and Suyansah Swanto and Romzi Ationg and Wardatul Akmam Din (2022) Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students. International Journal of Law Government, 7. pp. 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/IJLGC.730007
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topic LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education
PE1001-1693 Modern English
spellingShingle LB1555-1602 Elementary or public school education
PE1001-1693 Modern English
Anna Lynn Abu Bakar
Suyansah Swanto
Romzi Ationg
Wardatul Akmam Din
Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
description Having a sense of willingness to communicate in the 2nd language (L2) is one of the important factors in improving L2 speaking skills. Willingness to Communicate (WTC) a model proposed by MacIntyre et. al (1998) is considered an indicator for successful English learning outcome. There are several factors that influences students’ WTC in English. Hence, the objective of this study is to look into the individual factors that influences pre-university students WTC in English in an ESL digital classroom setting. The result of the study was obtained through the use of qualitative method using a focused group interview of 25 voluntary pre-university students in a public university in Sabah, Malaysia. The data obtained revealed that individual factors which are self-confidence, language anxiety, motivation and grit play a role in influencing pre-university students’ WTC in English. This finding would be beneficial to language instructors as well as syllabus makers in providing and designing an English lesson that is geared to encouraging students to communicate in English.
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author Anna Lynn Abu Bakar
Suyansah Swanto
Romzi Ationg
Wardatul Akmam Din
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Romzi Ationg
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title Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
title_short Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
title_full Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
title_fullStr Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
title_full_unstemmed Situational and motivational factors affecting Willingness to communicate among esl students
title_sort situational and motivational factors affecting willingness to communicate among esl students
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42408/
http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/IJLGC.730007
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