EFL Learners' Grit, Classroom Enjoyment and Their Willingness to Communicate: Iranian Public School versus Private English Language Institute Learners

Autor/inn/en	Ebn-Abbasi, Faramarz; Nushi, Musa
Titel	EFL Learners' Grit, Classroom Enjoyment and Their Willingness to Communicate: Iranian Public School versus Private English Language Institute Learners
Quelle	In: Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 7 (2022), Artikel 24 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s40862-022-00150-9
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Student Attitudes; Interpersonal Communication; Foreign Countries; Individual Differences; Public Schools; Private Schools; Personality Traits; Persistence; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schülerverhalten; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Ausland; Individueller Unterschied; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausdauer
Abstract	The pivotal role of communication in second language (L2) learning has triggered plethoric research to identify factors that may influence learners' willingness to communicate (L2 WTC). However, there is a dearth of comparative research on L2 WTC, especially among EFL learners studying English at different educational institutions. To this end, the present study investigates the role of 'grit' and 'classroom enjoyment' (CE) in learners' L2 WTC in two different educational settings of public schools and private language institutes. Grit includes two lower-order constructs, namely perseverance of effort (POE) and consistency of interest (COI), which were examined separately in this study. A total of 269 Iranian students from both public schools and private institutes completed an online survey. What was revealed from the data analysis through the Mann-Whitney U-test, Spearman's rho, and multiple regression analysis is that private institute learners enjoyed higher levels of WTC compared to public school students. While POE and CE exerted a significant effect on L2 WTC in both educational settings, COI failed to do so. The findings of this study are discussed from a socio-educational perspective with regard to the difference between these two educational contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01