| Abstrakt: |
This paper aspires to make a unique contribution to the field through investigating the high-WTC/low-WTC interactions to explore whether the level of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) positively affects (a) the amount of communication, and (b) the frequency of taking the leadership roles during jury discussions when each member has a firm verdict. Participants in groups of 3–4 had jury discussions, after performing a courtroom drama. Oral performance data, collected during the jury discussions, were transcribed verbatim, and coded for analysis. Then, the amount of L2 output, and the frequency of leadership roles each student took, were counted. The results suggested that, overall, high-WTC learners produced a higher amount of L2 output, and took more leadership roles. However, when only one participant had an opposing verdict within the group, the holder of that opposing verdict in each group showed a tendency to produce the un-proportionately large amount of L2 output, and take the leadership roles frequently, despite his or her low-WTC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
