This book presents the findings of an in-depth qualitative longitudinal investigation into the willingness to communicate (WTC) of individuals who, through varying migration channels, left one cultural/linguistic context to make a new life in another. It examines communication behaviours and language choice in multilingual community contexts and emphasises how even the most trivial of communication events are embedded in histories of previous communication and are influenced by emotions connected with a person’s overall life situation. The book fills a gap in contemporary WTC research by examining how WTC operates in multilingual community contexts. Through the use of a complexity lens and the presentation of a revised 3D pyramid model, the authors demonstrate the dynamic nature of WTC and shed new light on processes that affect communication, migration and well-being. This book will be of interest to researchers seeking to explore individual differences using context sensitive and temporally focused designs.
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Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Jean-Marc Dewaele: Foreword: From Two to Three Dimensions in WTC Research
Part 1: The WTC Construct and the Research Frontier
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Pyramid Model and the Dynamic Turn in WTC Research
Part 2: The Research Project
Chapter 3. Language Choice and Willingness to Communicate in a Swedish Context
Chapter 4. The Project Design and the Research Process
Chapter 5. The Participants
Part 3: Stories of Interactions in Community Contexts
Chapter 6. Developmental Dynamics: Kesu, Maria and Jessie
Chapter 7. Linguistic Self-Efficacy and Communication Willingness: Wafaa
Chapter 8. Willingness to Communicate and the Challenges of Tied Migration: Olivia and Titly
Chapter 9. Willingness to Communicate and Translanguaging Ideologies: Pranisha and Sabrina
Part 4: Syntheses, Conceptualisations and Ethics
Chapter 10. At a Specific Time, with a Specific Person or Persons, Using a L2 (or Mix of Languages)
Chapter 11. Introducing a 3D Model of the WTC Pyramid
Chapter 12. The Probability of Initiating Communication, Given Choice and Opportunity
Chapter 13. The 'Ethics of Walking Alongside’: Ethical Engagement When Studying a Process in Motion
Conclusion
References
Index
O autorze
Alastair Henry is Professor of language education at University West, Sweden. His research involves the psychology of language learning and teaching. In addition to motivation, his work has focused on teacher identities, digital technology and language choices in contexts of migration. He was the principal investigator for the Motivational Teaching in Swedish Secondary English (Mo Ti SSE) project. With Zoltan Dörnyei and Peter Mac Intyre he co-edited Motivational Dynamics in Language Learning (2015), and with Zoltan Dörnyei and Christine Muir he is the co-author of Motivational Currents in Language Learning: Frameworks for Focused Interventions (2016).
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