brown wtc

• Willingness to Communicate (WTC)

  An underlying continuum representing the predisposition toward or away from communicating, given the choice
• Willingness to Communicate (WTC)

  The intention to initiate communication, given a choice
• Willingness to Communicate (WTC)

  • A factor related to attribution and self-efficacy
  • Has seen a surge of interest in the research literature
  • May have its roots in a learner's first language communication patterns
• Factors contributing to WTC

  1. Motivation

  2. Personality

  3. Self-confidence

  4. Intergroup climate
• High communicative ability


  Does not necessarily correspond with a high WTC
• Beliefs about group work

  Relationship to WTC
• WTC

  Relationship to self-efficacy and self-confidence
• In Confucian culture of China, constructs of self-efficacy may be viewed from markedly different perspectives compared to individualistic cultures
• Higher levels of WTC

  Associated with learners who experienced social support, particularly from friends
• WTC

  A "dynamic system" that varies considerably over time