Extending Language Motivation Research and Pushing it Forward

Opinion: New perspectives on willingness to communicate in a second language

“…Some chapters in this volume shed some light on these issues. To illustrate, Chapter 6 shows that some teachers treat reticent students with a negative attitude, but teachers can, in effect, contribute to students' classroom participation by creating a positive classroom environment (Long and Xu, 2020 ). In the first place, teachers should not stereotype Asian students as reticent and passive learners, but treat them equally (Shi, 2021 ), and then students in turn are more likely to take a more active part in the class.…”