%0 Journal Article
%T An Empirical Study of the Willingness to Communicate in College English Classes from an Ecological Perspective
%A Xiaoping Mai
%A Yuan Fan
%J Creative Education
%P 2056-2065
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2021.129157
%X Drawing on an ecological perspective, this study investigated the link between classroom environment and willingness to communicate (WTC) in an EFL classroom. We applied a mixed methods approach to collect data from 389 Chinese students where a questionnaire was used before semi-structured interviews were conducted with fifteen participants. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between classroom dynamics and WTC in an EFL classroom. The qualitative data also showed the importance of the integrated individual, linguistic and environmental factors in shaping learners¡¯ WTC in EFL classrooms. The in-depth findings of this inquiry suggest that language teachers should be mindful of the interdependence of all these involved factors that create students¡¯ WTC in class.
%K Classroom Environment
%K Willingness to Communicate
%K Student  Cohesiveness
%K Teacher Support
%K Task Orientation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=111787