Reticence: Pathology of the normal speaker

Phillips, Gerald M.

doi:10.1080/03637756809375564

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“…The origins of the WTC construct go back to the L1 communication research (Burgoon, 1976;McCroskey, 1977;McCroskey & Richmond, 1982;Mortensen, Arntson, & Lustig, 1977;Phillips, 1968) and can be seen in some related constructs such as reticence, communication apprehension, unwillingness to communicate, predispositions to verbal behaviour, and shyness (MacIntyre, 2007). McCroskey and Baer (1985) introduced WTC as a more specific construct with its focus on speaking.…”

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Investigating Tertiary Level EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in English

Başöz¹,

Erten²

2018

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The present study aimed to investigate Turkish EFL learners' perceived levels of willingness to communicate (WTC) in English inside and outside the classroom. The study also aimed to explore whether there is a statistically significant difference between their in-class WTC in English and out-of-class WTC in English. The study, which employed a quantitative research design, was conducted with the participation of 701 EFL learners enrolled in the departments of Tourism Guidance and Tourism Management at Balıkesir University Faculty of Tourism located in Balıkesir, Turkey. The data collection instrument included a scale which measures the participants' perceived levels of WTC in English. The data were analyzed descriptively through IBM SPSS 21. The findings of the study indicated that EFL learners have a moderate level of WTC in English. The findings also showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the participants' perceived levels of their in-class WTC in English and their out-of-class WTC in English. It was found that they are more willing to communicate in English outside the classroom than they are inside the classroom. In the light of the findings, some practical recommendations were also noted.

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Investigating Tertiary Level EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in English

Başöz¹,

Erten²

2018

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“…However, more recent work has focussed on communication skills. Phillips (1968) and other researchers did not deny that many people feel anxious about communicating in a variety ofsituations, but they suggested that the explanation for anxiety is a lack of communication skills. Philiips (1968Philiips ( , 1977 found that reticent persons increased their willingness to speak in a narticular area when their skills in that area increased.…”

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The Role of Gender and Immersion in Communication and Second Language Orientations

2003

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The present study examines the nonlinguistic outcomes of an immersion versus a nonimmersion program. The dependent variables included attitudes toward learning French, orientations for learning, willingness to communicate, communication anxiety, perceived communicative competence, and self-reported frequency of communication in both English (L1) and French (L2). Immersion students indicated higher willingness to communicate, lower communication anxiety, higher perceived communicative competence, and more frequent communication only in the French language. Among the nonimmersion students, perceived competence was strongly correlated with willingness to communicate, but among the immersion students, communication anxiety correlated most strongly with willingness to communicate. Male nonimmersion students showed the least positive attitudes toward learning

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“…The (Clevenger, 1959), audience sensitivity (Paivio, 1964), reticence (Phillips, 1968), shyness (Zimbardo, 1977), and CA (McCroskey, 1970). McCroskey (1977) claimed that these different labels were a function of the academic discipline in which they were formulated and were not a function of any theoretical or empirical distinctions.…”

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Person/Job Fit Model of Communication Apprehension in Organizations

Harville

1992

Management Communication Quarterly

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To expand the communication apprehension (CA) literature and to examine the occupational behavior of individuals, a model of CA, job level held, communication requirements of jobs, and job satisfaction was developed. A total of 601 employees who had attended a career planning workshop were sent a questionnaire designed, among other purposes, to investigate the model. All but one of the relevant LISREL path weights were significant and in the predicted direction. Implications for practice and for theory were discussed, along with areas for future research.

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Reticence: Pathology of the normal speaker

Cited by 148 publications

References 9 publications

Investigating Tertiary Level EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in English

Investigating Tertiary Level EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in English

The Role of Gender and Immersion in Communication and Second Language Orientations

Person/Job Fit Model of Communication Apprehension in Organizations

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