The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate

It is too frequently observed that students in EFL classes although motivated to learn a language remain silent and do not initiate or engage in communication when they are free to do so. Due to the importance of communication and language use in language acquisition in the past decade, willingness...

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Main Author: Samian, Hosein Vafadar
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling my-usm-ep.436512019-04-12T05:24:52Z The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate 2018-02 Samian, Hosein Vafadar P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) It is too frequently observed that students in EFL classes although motivated to learn a language remain silent and do not initiate or engage in communication when they are free to do so. Due to the importance of communication and language use in language acquisition in the past decade, willingness to communicate (WTC) as the construct to call such ambivalence to account is considered an essential concept in language learning and teaching. Adopting mixed methods design, the present quasiexperimental study investigated the differential effects of communication strategies (CSs) on Intermediate Iranian EFL students' WTC based on participants’ amount of speaking time on allocated discussion topics and number of speaking turns while minimizing the teachers’ immediacy behaviors effects. 2018-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43651/ http://eprints.usm.my/43651/1/HOSEIN%20VAFADAR%20SAMIAN.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Bahasa Literasi & Terjemahan
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic P1-1091 Philology
Linguistics(General)
spellingShingle P1-1091 Philology
Linguistics(General)
Samian, Hosein Vafadar
The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
description It is too frequently observed that students in EFL classes although motivated to learn a language remain silent and do not initiate or engage in communication when they are free to do so. Due to the importance of communication and language use in language acquisition in the past decade, willingness to communicate (WTC) as the construct to call such ambivalence to account is considered an essential concept in language learning and teaching. Adopting mixed methods design, the present quasiexperimental study investigated the differential effects of communication strategies (CSs) on Intermediate Iranian EFL students' WTC based on participants’ amount of speaking time on allocated discussion topics and number of speaking turns while minimizing the teachers’ immediacy behaviors effects.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Samian, Hosein Vafadar
author_facet Samian, Hosein Vafadar
author_sort Samian, Hosein Vafadar
title The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
title_short The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
title_full The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
title_fullStr The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
title_full_unstemmed The Effects Of Communication Strategies On Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners' Willingness To Communicate
title_sort effects of communication strategies on intermediate iranian efl learners' willingness to communicate
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Bahasa Literasi & Terjemahan
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.usm.my/43651/1/HOSEIN%20VAFADAR%20SAMIAN.pdf
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