چکیده:
This study embarks upon uncovering the probable difference in willingness to communicate between Iranian male and female EFL learners. To undertake the present research, it was limited to socio-cognitive perspective. More precisely, it aimed to distinguish the types and frequency of socio-cognitive strategies used by Iranian students as far as their gender was concerned. In doing so, 32 advance learners (16 males and 16 females) were asked to fill up a WTC and Socio-cultural strategy use questionnaire. The result revealed that both groups were similar in the cognitive strategy use. In addition, males were more willingness to communicate than female learners. This finding has implication for language teachers, social sciences, psycho-linguistic and socio-linguistic teachers and learner.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In doing so, 32 advance learners (16 males and 16 females) were asked to fill up a WTC and Socio-cultural strategy use questionnaire.
The purpose is to examine the differences between males and females in their WTC, and to compare them applying of socio-cultural strategies (SCSs) in communication.
Is there any significant difference between Iranian male and female EFL learners in their willingness to participate in communication ?
2. What socio-cultural strategies do male EFL learners use in their willingness to participate in communication?
3. What socio-cultural strategies do female EFL learners use in their willingness to participate in communication?
Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin, did a study (2005) on gender differences on 46 different meta-analyses, not only in cognition but also communication style, social and personality variables, motor behaviors and moral reasoning.
4. Results In order to probe the first null hypothesis stating that there is not any significant difference between male and female learners in their WTC, an independent sample T test was conducted.
The Frequency of Social and Cognitive strategy of Iranian EFL learners (View the image of this page) As indicated in the Table3, the most social strategy used by male and female is becoming aware of others’ thoughts and feelings when they want to show their emphasis with people in their willingness to communicate.
This study showed that the males were more inclined to WTC, as mentioned earlier; there were a lot element that led to higher WTC such as gender, L2 communication confidence, anxiety, and context, cognitive and social strategies.