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IJLLL 2023 Vol.9(6): 460-463
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.6.451

Effects of Situational Factors on L2 Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in Group Work Settings

Liao Jiayi* and Dong Junhong

Abstract—Verbal engagement of language learners is of vital importance in L2 class. However, Chinese L2 learners tend to remain reticent in class, since they want to show respect to their teachers and avoid making mistakes. Therefore, investigations into L2 learners’ willingness to communicate in group settings has received much attention in recent years. On this basis, this study focuses on the willingness to communicate of non-English major juniors, and aims to investigate Chinese English learners’ WTC level in L2 group work, explore the relationship between language proficiency of L2 learners and their WTC in group work settings, and find out several situational variables that influence L2 learners’ WTC in L2 group work. The results show that: 1) student participants generally show relatively high level of willingness to communicate (Mean=32.835) in group work; 2) the higher the L2 proficiency of the L2 learners, the higher their WTC level in the process of communicating in group work; 3) as for situational variables, students report higher WTC level when familiar or self-related topics are used and when they work in groups. And if students work in groups, they would prefer having some wait and prepare time before starting discussing with group members.

Index Terms—Second language communication, situational Willingness to Communicate (WTC), situational variables, group work

The authors are with Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China.
*Correspondence: 9935811@qq.com (L.J.)

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Cite:Liao Jiayi and Dong Junhong, "Effects of Situational Factors on L2 Learners’ Willingness to Communicate in Group Work Settings," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 460-463, 2023.

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