The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners
Language learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) plays a critical role in learning English as a foreign language (EFL), and affects the learning outcome. However, the WTC of struggling EFL learners remains largely uninvestigated. Thus, the present study aimed to scrutinize the correlation be...
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| description | Language learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) plays a critical role in learning English as a foreign language (EFL), and affects the learning outcome. However, the WTC of struggling EFL learners remains largely uninvestigated. Thus, the present study aimed to scrutinize the correlation between foreign language anxiety (FLA), foreign language boredom (FLB) and WTC, and the predictor role of FLA and FLB in WTC in the context of Chinese struggling EFL learners. A total of 662 participants majoring in music, physical education and fine arts from four universities in China attended this study. Pearson correlation and a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to substantiate that these struggling students' FLA was highly and positively correlated with their FLB, while both their FLA and FLB were negatively linked to WTC and significantly predicted their WTC. In discussion and conclusion, the consistency between the current study and related studies, some limitations as well as further implications are presented for avid researchers in future EFL study of those who have difficulty in learning English. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6e222c0d782406aab3c6ef9e8f44e7e2023-10-01T06:00:26ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-09-0199e19610The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learnersShuxia Bai0School of College English Teaching and Research, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan Province, PR ChinaLanguage learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) plays a critical role in learning English as a foreign language (EFL), and affects the learning outcome. However, the WTC of struggling EFL learners remains largely uninvestigated. Thus, the present study aimed to scrutinize the correlation between foreign language anxiety (FLA), foreign language boredom (FLB) and WTC, and the predictor role of FLA and FLB in WTC in the context of Chinese struggling EFL learners. A total of 662 participants majoring in music, physical education and fine arts from four universities in China attended this study. Pearson correlation and a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were used to substantiate that these struggling students' FLA was highly and positively correlated with their FLB, while both their FLA and FLB were negatively linked to WTC and significantly predicted their WTC. In discussion and conclusion, the consistency between the current study and related studies, some limitations as well as further implications are presented for avid researchers in future EFL study of those who have difficulty in learning English.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023068184Willingness to communicateForeign language anxietyForeign language boredomForeign language learningChinese struggling EFL learners |
| spellingShingle | Shuxia Bai The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners Heliyon Willingness to communicate Foreign language anxiety Foreign language boredom Foreign language learning Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title | The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title_full | The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title_fullStr | The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title_short | The predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| title_sort | predictive effects of foreign language anxiety and boredom on willingness to communicate among chinese struggling efl learners |
| topic | Willingness to communicate Foreign language anxiety Foreign language boredom Foreign language learning Chinese struggling EFL learners |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023068184 |
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