Enhancing English Learners' Willingness to Communicate through Debate and Philosophy Inquiry Discussion

Autor/inn/en	Shamsudin, Mardziah; Othman, Moomala; Jahedi, Maryam; Aralas, Dalia
Titel	Enhancing English Learners' Willingness to Communicate through Debate and Philosophy Inquiry Discussion
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 8, S.145-152 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Philosophy; Teaching Methods; Communication (Thought Transfer); Discussion (Teaching Technique); Debate; Comparative Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Communicative Competence (Languages); Anxiety; Undergraduate Students; Inquiry; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Philosophie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Debating; Streitgespräch; Ausland; Fragebogen; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Angst
Abstract	The present study investigated the impact of two instructional methods, Debate and Philosophy Inquiry (PI), in enhancing Willingness to Communicate (WTC) among two groups of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners who were randomly selected. In each group there were sixteen participants. The researchers used independent samples t-test and paired samples t-test to analyze the collected data. The data analysis using paired samples t-test showed that both methods of instruction have a significant effect on learners' WTC. However, the learners' WTC increased more in Debate group comparing to the Philosophy Inquiry classroom discussion group. The results indicate that Debate is more effective than Philosophy Inquiry classroom discussion in enhancing ESL learners' WTC. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01