Enhancing Situational Willingness to Communicate in Novice EFL Learners through Task-Based Learning

Many studies have investigated the situational nature of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in language learning. However, few studies have explored the possibility that a language teaching approach aimed at fostering communicative language use can effectively influence and thus facilitate L2 WTC deve...

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Veröffentlicht in:JALT journal 2021-11, Vol.43 (2), p.185
Hauptverfasser: Toyoda, Junko, Yashima, Tomoko, Aubrey, Scott
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Many studies have investigated the situational nature of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in language learning. However, few studies have explored the possibility that a language teaching approach aimed at fostering communicative language use can effectively influence and thus facilitate L2 WTC development as it emerges in context (situational WTC). This classroom-based study addresses this issue by (a) investigating whether task-based learning (TBL) can foster situational L2 WTC for novice learners of English as a foreign language (EFL), and (b) determining the factors that influence learners’ situational WTC through a mixed-methods approach juxtaposing quantitative and qualitative data. The study focused on Japanese junior high school students (N=135) participating in a four-month exposure to TBL. The findings revealed that, during the TBL period, learners’ L2 WTC improved significantly and that learners reported feelings of enjoyment when participating in authentic L2 social interaction. 第二言語学習におけるsituational willingness to communicate (L2 WTC: 状況ごとに変化する外国語を話す意思)について多くの研究がされてきた。しかしながら、コミュニケーション能力促進のための特定の教授法を用いて、どのようにL2 WTCが出現し変化していくのかを調査した研究例は少ない。本研究では,質的量的研究の両方を使う混合研究法を用いて、(a)タスク中心学習における参加者のsituational L2 WTCは変化するのか、(b)どのような要因が初級EFL学習者のsituational L2 WTCに影響を与えるのか、を調査した。中学生135名を対象として4か月間タスク中心学習によるコミュニケーション活動を行った。結果から、参加者のsituational L2 WTC は有意に伸長した。また英語で友達とソーシャルインタラクションを楽しむことで、タスクへの参加意欲ならびに英語使用の頻度が高まったことが明らかとなった。 Keywords: EFL novice learners; perceived situational task competence; situational Willingness to Communicate; task-based learning
ISSN:0287-2420
0287-2420
DOI:10.37546/JALTJJ43.2-3