Examining Sino-Foreign Joint School Students’ Speaking Performance in the EFL Learning Environment: A case study

Jie Wang; Gurnam Kaur Sidhu; Jin Wang

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4653

Authors

Jie Wang International Business School of Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China
Gurnam Kaur Sidhu Faculty of Education, Languages, Psychology and Music, SEGi University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
Jin Wang Foreign Language Department, Xinzhou Normal University, Shanxi Province, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4653

Keywords:

English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Anxiety, Motivation, Willingness to Speak

Abstract

This study aimed to examine Sino-Foreign Joint School (SFJS) students’ speaking performance in the EFL learning environment and explore the relationship among anxiety, motivation, willingness to communicate (WTC) and English language performance of EFL students. The study adopted an explanatory sequential research design with a mixed method approach wherein data were collected via a survey and semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that EFL students in SFJS were rather anxious when it came to speaking in English and but they possessed higher integrated motivation. The structural equation modelling analysis revealed SPCC (Self-Perceived Communication Competence) mediated WTC to their language achievement.

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