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Willingness to Communicate (WTC) is one of the highly studied ID variables in language learning and teaching in the past three decades. In this chapter, the origin of WTC is discussed and its introduction to L2 research literature is briefly reviewed. Moreover, empirical studies conducted over the globe are summarized.
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Zarrinabadi, N., Ketabi, S., Tavakoli, M. (2019). Willingness to Communicate (WTC). In: Directed Motivational Currents in L2. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05472-4_3
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