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Foreign Language Enjoyment as a Mediator between Informal Digital Learning of English and Willingness to Communicate: A Sample of Hong Kong EFL Secondary Students
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Ju Seong Lee; Nga Man Yeung; Mary Beth Osburn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Based on Fredrickson's (2001) broaden-and-build theory, this study investigates how Foreign Language Enjoyment (FLE; consisting of "teacher appreciation, personal enjoyment," and "social enjoyment") mediates the relationship between Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) and EFL secondary students' willingness to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Modelling Trait and State Willingness to Communicate in a Second Language: An Experience Sampling Approach
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Ju Seong Lee; Ming Ming Chiu – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This study investigates whether demographics, L2 enjoyment, L2 anxiety, psychological well-being, or informal digital learning of English (IDLE) affect willingness to communicate in L2 (L2 WTC) at trait or state levels. Across two weeks, 16 Hong Kong EFL students completed pre-and post-trait-level surveys and generated 1,120 state-level responses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Graduates, English (Second Language)