%0 Journal Article
%T The Research on Willingness to Communicate in Chinese Students¡¯ EFL Study
%A Li Fu
%A Xuesong Wang
%A Yang Wang
%J Journal of Language Teaching and Research
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.4304/jltr.3.1.112-117
%X Willingness to communicate (WTC) has been a hot topic and focus all through these recent years in linguistics and EFL education in China. This paper makes a research on various factors that influence Chinese students¡¯ willingness to communicate in their EFL study. It also carries on an investigation on how WTC factors affect learners¡¯ class participation. The characteristics of Chinese students¡¯ WTC are also discussed. Lastly, the authors point out that EFL teachers should provide more opportunities for their students to experience success, create a good and safe learning environment and help learners to improve their WTC ability.
%K willingness to communicate
%K class participation
%K communication task
%K communication object
%K communication form
%U http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/6447