The Relationship Between Senior Learners’ In-Class Willingness to Communicate in English, Intrinsic Motivation, Foreign Language Enjoyment, Classroom Environment, and Teacher Immediacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21390287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Borkowska (0000-0002-8971-9868, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 159-175 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Roczniki Humanistyczne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-7707 • E-ISSN: 2544-5200 |
| Publisher | Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.18290/rh237110.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4390410537 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The primary objective of this paper is to explore age-advanced learners’ in-class willingness to communicate (WTC) in English, as well as to determine the relationship between WTC, intrinsic motivation (IM), foreign language enjoyment (FLE), classroom environment (CE), and teacher immediacy (TI). The instrument used was a questionnaire comprising biodata items and five adapted scales. The statistical analysis revealed that the third age students’ WTC was higher in meaning-focused tasks than in form-focused, which indicates that the older adults paid due attention to dyadic activities based on authentic communication. The strongest and most positive correlation was found between CE and TI, suggesting that the teacher played a crucial role in creating a supportive classroom environment. Moreover, the data showed a moderate correlation between WTC and FLE, WTC and CE, as well as WTC and TI. This basically means that, in order to boost the older learners’ WTC, a language instructor ought to provide room for establishing bonds between their students, which, in turn, may produce positive emotions that encourage learners to engage in active classroom interactions
Class (philosophy) · Foreign language · Immediacy · Mathematics education · Meaning (existential) · Willingness to communicate · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Social Psychology
Are foreign language learners’ enjoyment and anxiety specific to the teacher? An investigation into the dynamics of learners’ classroom emotions
Third-Age Learners and Approaches to Language Teaching
Developing efficient foreign language classroom environment for older adult learners
To talk or not to talk
A critical review of research relating to the learning, use and effects of additional and multiple languages in later life
Conceptualizing Willingness to Communicate in a L2
Dynamic emergence of situational willingness to communicate in a second language
Willingness to Communicate in English
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |