Vocabulary Size as a Predictor of Willingness to Communicate Inside the Classroom

Şen, Meltem; Öz, Hüseyin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67634-6_12

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 51 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For example, vocabulary knowledge correlates with reading comprehension scores (Qian, 1999;Staehr, 2008), with listening comprehension (Milton et al, 2010;Staehr, 2009) , with writing ability (Staehr, 2008;Yu, 2010), and with oral fluency (Milton et al, 2010). Furthermore, a number of studies have found relationship between general vocabulary size measures and EFL students' L2 motivation (Alqahtani, 2020) , and L2 WTC (Alqahtani, 2023;Şen & Oz, 2021).…”

Section: 2mentioning

confidence: 99%

Willingness to Communicate and English Language Proficiency in Saudi Military Cadets: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Alqahtani

2023

Migrat. Lett.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study used structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the internal structure of a number of variables: L2 anxiety, L2 perceived competence, and L2 willingness to communicate and to examine their impact on the frequency of using L2 in L2 speaking situations. In addition, the study also examined the influence of the students’ English language proficiency on the relations among these variables. The sample of the study was 112 Saudi military cadets studying English as a foreign language. The study found that the willingness of the Saudi EFL learners to communicate in English was directly affected by their perception of L2 competence and indirectly by their L2 anxiety. In addition, the influence of the L2 anxiety on the students’ perception of their L2 competence was direct. Furthermore, the frequency of using English in L2 speaking situations was directly impacted by the willingness of the Saudi EFL learners to communicate in L2. Finally, the analysis revealed that the English language proficiency of the Saudi students had no effect on the relations among the variables of the model.

show abstract

Section: 2mentioning

confidence: 99%

Willingness to Communicate and English Language Proficiency in Saudi Military Cadets: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Alqahtani

2023

Migrat. Lett.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Vocabulary Size as a Predictor of Willingness to Communicate Inside the Classroom

Cited by 1 publication

References 51 publications

Willingness to Communicate and English Language Proficiency in Saudi Military Cadets: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Willingness to Communicate and English Language Proficiency in Saudi Military Cadets: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About