Research note: the role of willingness to communicate in cross-cultural adaptation

Baohua YU

doi:10.1080/14675986.2021.1857115

Research note: the role of willingness to communicate in cross-cultural adaptation

Baohua YU^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Despite widely reported ‘Mainland-Hong Kong conflicts’, recent years have witnessed progressive growth of Mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities. This study aims to explore the role of Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in the cross-cultural adaptation of such a group of sojourning students. Structural equation modelling showed that the competence in L2 communication played a significant role in L2 WTC, which had an influential effect on academic adaptation, which was itself identified as a mediator between psychological adaptation and socio-cultural adaptation. Implications for curriculum design and instructional practice on international students are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	246-257
Number of pages	12
Journal	Intercultural Education
Volume	32
Issue number	2
Early online date	11 Feb 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2021.1857115
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This research was supported by the block research grant from the Education University of Hong Kong [Reference numbers: RG79/2013-2014R & RG89/2014-2015R].

Keywords

academic adaptation
competence in L2 communication
L2 willingness to communicate
psychological adaptation
socio-cultural adaptation
structural equation modelling

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