M.18.2.4 (LCS): Cui, "Investigating willingness to communicate from the perspective of second language socialization: A case study of Chinese graduate students"

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Summary

Using classroom observation and interviews from three individual students, this study examines the Willingness to Communicate (WTC) of Chinese graduate students in the United States from the L2 socialization perspective. The findings contribute to the view that L2 socialization into academic discourse is a dynamic and socially situated process.

Strand

• Language, Culture, and Socialization

Individual Presentations

• Investigating willingness to communicate from the perspective of second language socialization: A case study of Chinese graduate students - Yaqiong Cui, Michigan State University

Session Organizer

• AAAL 2015 Conference Committee, -