Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion
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 res...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | upm-617332019-01-11T08:43:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61733/ Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion Shamsudin, Mardziah Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam Aralas, Dalia 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. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61733/1/Enhancing%20English%20learners%60%20Willingness%20to%20Communicate.pdf Shamsudin, Mardziah and Othman, Moomala and Jahedi, Maryam and Aralas, Dalia (2017) Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion. English Language Teaching, 10 (8). pp. 145-152. ISSN 1916-4742; ESSN: 1916-4750 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/69529 10.5539/elt.v10n8p145 |
| spellingShingle | Shamsudin, Mardziah Othman, Moomala Jahedi, Maryam Aralas, Dalia Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title | Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title_full | Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title_short | Enhancing English learners` Willingness to Communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
| title_sort | enhancing english learners` willingness to communicate through debate and philosophy inquiry discussion |
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