Willingness to Communicate, Multilingualism and Interactions in Community Contexts

✍ Scribed by Alastair Henry; Peter D. MacIntyre

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 340
Series: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching; 22
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book examines the communication behaviours of individuals in multilingual community contexts. Using a complexity lens and the presentation of a revised 3D pyramid model, the authors demonstrate the dynamic nature of willingness to communicate over time and shed new light on processes that affect communication, migration and well-being.

✦ Table of Contents

PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING
Contents
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword: From Two to Three Dimensions in WTC Research
Part 1: The WTC Construct and the Research Frontier
1 Introduction
2 The Pyramid Model and the Dynamic Turn in WTC Research
Part 2: The Research Project
3 Language Choice and Willingness to Communicate in a Swedish Context
4 The Project Design and the Research Process
5 The Participants
Part 3: Stories of Interactions in Community Contexts
6 Developmental Dynamics: Kesu, Maria and Jessie
7 Linguistic Self-Efficacy and Communication Willingness: Wafaa
8 Willingness to Communicate and the Challenges of Tied Migration: Olivia and Titly
9 Willingness to Communicate and Translanguaging Ideologies: Pranisha and Sabrina
Part 4: Syntheses, Conceptualisations and Ethics
10 At a Specific Time, with a Specific Person or Persons, Using a L2 (or a Mix of Languages)
11 Introducing a 3D Model of the WTC Pyramid
12 The Probability of Initiating Communication, Given Choice and Opportunity
13 The ‘Ethics of Walking Alongside’: Ethical Engagement When Studying a Process in Motion
Conclusion
References
Index

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