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Compares willingness to communicate in English among elementary and high school students, suggesting age influences language engagement.
[SUMMARY] This study aimed to compare willingness to communicate in English between elementary and high school students at a Brazilian school in Japan because English is considered the “lingua franca” globally. Willingness to communicate helps to understand why learners do or do not engage in target language communication. Considering the historical background of Japanese-Brazilian students living in Japan, but studying in a Brazilian school, a Likert scale questionnaire was used for collecting data, and a two-sample t test to calculate differences between means was performed to explore whether willingness to communicate changed between elementary and high school students. Of the 37 questionnaire items, nine showed significant differences, showing that changes occurred as the students aged.
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