Towards an ecological understanding of willingness to communicate in EFL classrooms in China

System

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-213

  Peng, Jian E ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Affective factors; Classroom environment; Cognitive factors; Ecological perspective; Learner beliefs; Linguistic factors; Motivation; Willingness to communicate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862761465     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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