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‘In New Zealand I Feel More Confidence’: The Role of Context in the Willingness to Communicate (WTC) of Migrant Iranian English Language Learners

Cameron, DL
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Abstract
This article will discuss recent theories of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) and provide an overview of

studies into this individual difference which have been conducted in both Iran and New Zealand (NZ). So far

few qualitative studies have been carried out into WTC or have used permanent migrants as participants. The

article reports on a longitudinal study of the WTC of a group of Iranian migrants to NZ. By means of

questionnaires, observations, and individual semi-structured interviews conducted at six-month intervals, case

studies of these learners in a NZ university English class were compiled. Their WTC was found to encompass

such learner characteristics as confidence, motivation, and personality, and varied from country to country and

semester to semester. Finally, this article discusses the contribution of this study to the WTC field of research,

identifying the implications of these results for teachers of English in the ESL (English as a Second

language/migrant) context and possible avenues for future research.
Keywords
Willingness to communicate; Context; Anxiety; Personality; Motivation; Case study
Date
December 21, 2015
Source
International Journal of English Studies, vol.15(2), pp.61 - 80 (20)
Item Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de Murcia.
DOI
10.6018/ijes/2015/2/202981
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