Examinando por Autor "Galaz Ojeda, Francisca Valentina"

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    Willingness to commmunicate and peer interaction in the chilean context : a pedagogical intervention study
    (Universidad Andrés Bello, 2017) Adrove Mejías, Zayra Nahir; Galaz Ojeda, Francisca Valentina; Muñoz Antoine, Gerardo Emanuel; Narváez Villalobos, Consuelo Paz; Núñez Carmona, Melissa Belén; Riquelme Casanova, Bastián de Jesús; Masatoshi, Sato; Facultad de Educación
    The present study investigated the relationship between second language (L2) learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) and interaction between learners (Peer Interaction). Drawing on the sociocultural theory and interactionist perspective, the purpose of this study was to determine whether peer interaction affected students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) over time. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in an English teacher training program at a private university in Santiago de Chile. Forty-three first-year students from two English language classes participated in the study over a period of seven weeks. While Class A was given an intervention as to increase WTC, Class B served as the control group. The data sources were (a) pre- and post-WTC questionnaire, (b) audio-recorded peer interaction, and (c) journal entries collected after each peer interaction task. The results suggest that WTC can be conceptualized into in-class and outside-class WTC. The peer interaction intervention positively affected in-class WTC only. Also, the journal entries revealed a variety of variables affecting the relationship between learners’ WTC and their interactional behaviors. Such variables included topic, type of activity, and partners. We conclude the thesis with pedagogical implications based on the results.