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Publication details [#55436]

Yu, Miao. 2011. Effect of communication variables, affective variables, and teacher immediacy on willingness to communicate of foreign language learners. Chinese Journal of Communication 4 (2) : 218–236.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | language proficiency | motivation | pedagogy

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

The importance of the current study, exploring willingness to communicate (WTC) among Chinese college students, acquiring English as a foreign language, resides in its theoretical contribution to MacIntyre et al.'s (1998) (L2) WTC model and in its pedagogical implication in second language teaching and learning.