Willingness to Communicate Reappraised in the Light of Emotional Intelligence and Gender Differences

Central to various recent learners-fronted teaching methodologies has been the notion of learner-initiated classroom exchanges and what has recently come to be known as willingness to communicate (WTC). Though manifold studies, to date, have been conducted on varied aspects and components underlying a satisfactory flow of communication among the peers in the language class, the potential role some…