Tavakoli Elaheh, Davoudi Mohammad
Department of English Language and Literature, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
J Psycholinguist Res. 2017 Dec;46(6):1509-1527. doi: 10.1007/s10936-017-9504-0.
This study sets out to develop a questionnaire on willingness to communicate (WTC) orally specific to English as a Foreign Language setting. It also aims to investigate the effect of three independent variables of interlocutor, age and gender on the same construct of WTC orally. Exploratory factor analysis resulted in three dimensions to WTC, namely WTC with teacher, with classmate, and stranger. Also Cronbach's alpha of .86 indicated a high internal consistency. Mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance was used to assess the impact of interlocutors, age and gender on participants' WTC across the three WTC subscale scores. The results showed no interaction effect between any of pairs of variables but the main effect of interlocutor on WTC orally. The results are discussed in the context of language teaching and some pedagogical implications are suggested.
本研究旨在开发一份专门针对外语环境下英语口语交流意愿（WTC）的问卷。它还旨在研究三个自变量（对话者、年龄和性别）对同一英语口语交流意愿结构的影响。探索性因素分析得出了英语口语交流意愿的三个维度，即与教师、同学和陌生人交流的意愿。此外，克朗巴哈系数为0.86表明内部一致性较高。采用混合的组间-组内方差分析来评估对话者、年龄和性别对参与者在三个英语口语交流意愿子量表得分上的交流意愿的影响。结果显示，各变量对之间没有交互作用，但对话者对英语口语交流意愿有主效应。研究结果在语言教学的背景下进行了讨论，并提出了一些教学启示。
