A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students' willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English

Volume: 11 Number: 1 June 1, 2015
  • Mehmet Asmalı
  • Ufuk Bilki
  • Carina Adriana Duban
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A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students' willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English

Abstract

The present study attempts to offer a small-scale investigation of the willingness to communicate and its key antecedents, namely the self-perceived communication competence and the communication apprehension in Turkish and Romanian contexts. A total of 130 participants took part in this quantitative approach based study. The data suggested significant differences between the Romanian and Turkish participants, in that the former are more willing to communicate and more competent in using the English language compared to the Turkish participants. However, both groups had almost equal levels of communication apprehension. In terms of the relationships among the constructs, while strong positive correlations were found between the willingness to communicate and the self-perceived communication competence, negative relationships were found between the communication apprehension and willingness to communicate for both groups.

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English

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Authors

Mehmet Asmalı This is me

Ufuk Bilki This is me

Carina Adriana Duban This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2015

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June 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Asmalı, M., Bilki, U., & Duban, C. A. (2015). A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 11(1), 59-74. https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB
AMA
1.Asmalı M, Bilki U, Duban CA. A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2015;11(1):59-74. https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB
Chicago
Asmalı, Mehmet, Ufuk Bilki, and Carina Adriana Duban. 2015. “A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian Students’ Willingness to Communicate and Its Affecting Factors in English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11 (1): 59-74. https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB.
EndNote
Asmalı M, Bilki U, Duban CA (June 1, 2015) A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11 1 59–74.
IEEE
[1]M. Asmalı, U. Bilki, and C. A. Duban, “A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 59–74, June 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB
ISNAD
Asmalı, Mehmet - Bilki, Ufuk - Duban, Carina Adriana. “A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian Students’ Willingness to Communicate and Its Affecting Factors in English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 11/1 (June 1, 2015): 59-74. https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB.
JAMA
1.Asmalı M, Bilki U, Duban CA. A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2015;11:59–74.
MLA
Asmalı, Mehmet, et al. “A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian Students’ Willingness to Communicate and Its Affecting Factors in English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2015, pp. 59-74, https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Asmalı, Ufuk Bilki, Carina Adriana Duban. A Comparison of the Turkish and Romanian students’ willingness to communicate and its affecting factors in English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies [Internet]. 2015 Jun. 1;11(1):59-74. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49BN54FB