No pain, no gain: Willingness to communicate vis-à-vis communication behaviour and their effects on language performance (2025)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Beckmann, N., & Beckmann, J. F. (in press). No pain, no gain: Willingness to communicate vis-à-vis communication behaviour and their effects on language performance. Language Teaching Research Quarterly,

Active communication is an important element of second language (L2) learning, as it contributes to the acquisition of language competence. The prerequisite of L2 use is having the willingness to communicate (WTC). However, previous research tended t... Read More about No pain, no gain: Willingness to communicate vis-à-vis communication behaviour and their effects on language performance.