Measuring Willingness to Communicate

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2020

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Willingness to communicate (WTC) reflects the probability that a person will choose to communicate if an opportunity arises. Originally developed with reference to native language communication, the development of research in second and additional languages has expanded the theory and measurement of the WTC construct. This chapter reviews the research conducted with six trait-like measures designed to capture stable individual differences in WTC. In addition, research with behavioral checklists and qualitative measures is highlighted. Finally, the chapter reviews two measurement approaches, idiodynamics and experience sampling, which examine the dynamics of WTC and how it changes in real time.

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SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology, Willingness to communicate, WTC, Complex dynamic systems, CDST, Trait-like WTC, Dynamic WTC, individual differences, Unwillingness to communicate, UnWTC, Idiodynamic method, Communication events

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MacIntyre, P. D. & Ayers-Glassey, S. (2020). Measuring Willingness to Communicate. In P. Winke & T. Brunfaut (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing (pp. 187-197). London: Routledge.

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