Teamwork
Group cohesiveness may increase verbal performance in students, encouraging them to participate in conversations and discourse and thus increasing WTC. Dörnyei and Kormos (2000) suggest that “individuals [who] spend extended time together, pursuing shared goal-directed behaviour in a context with well-defined boundaries” (p. 279) are more likely to feel as though they belong to a group and are therefore more likely to communicate within the group—they experience a positive level of WTC. Through teamwork, participants may also become familiar with their teammates, and as the degree of acquaintance with an individual can positively impact WTC (MacIntyre et al., 1998), cooperation may help to increase student WTC.
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