Two investigations with different groups of Japanese teenage informants were conducted with the following objectives:
1. To examine whether Japanese learners’ WTC results in
L2 communicative behavior in intercultural contact situations both inside and outside the classroom.
2. To examine variables that affect WTC in the L2 and communicative behavior in this context. In doing so, the relationship between the constructinternational posture,confidence
in L2 communication, and L2 learning motivation will be
explored. For these variables, the same path model used in
Yashima (2002a) will be replicated with a younger population. The researchers hypothesize that WTC is a direct result
of self-confidence in L2 communication, which is a combination of communication anxiety and perceived communication