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Complex Interactions of Factors Underlying Thai EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate in English |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Kamlaitip Pattapong |
| Title | Complex Interactions of Factors Underlying Thai EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate in English |
| Publisher | สถาบันภาษา จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย |
| Publication Year | 2558 |
| Journal Title | PASAA : a journal of language teaching and learning |
| Journal Vol. | 49 |
| Page no. | 105_136 |
| Keyword | Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in L2,English teaching in Thai culture,motivation,self-efficacy,self-concept |
| ISSN | 2287-0024 |
| Abstract | This paper explores factors contributing to thewillingness to communicate (WTC) in English as a foreignlanguage (L2) in a Thai university setting. The study usesmultiple methods within a qualitative research approach.Data were collected through interviews, stimulated recall,and classroom observations. Relevant contextually-relatedvariables that emerged from the analyses were categorizedinto four dimensions: social- psychological context,classroom context, cultural context, and social- individualcontext. The findings revealed the overlapping nature offactors in all dimensions, which reflects the complexinteractions among contextually dependent WTC variableswithin the language classroom. This paper contributes tothe knowledge of WTC in a second language (L2) from aqualitative perspective. |
