This study explores the relationships between L2 motivational self system (L2MSS)—Ideal self, Ought-to and Learning experience—and willingness to communicate (WTC) based on results of a questionnaire survey 120 freshmen from English majors (English, Business English, Translation). The demonstrate that: (1) in L2MSS, ideal has greatest mean 3.83, WTC 3.74. Overall, each value is upper-middle ran...

In writing this paper, I call for a serious investigation of the hypothesis that WTC 7 and the Twin Towers were brought down, not just by damage and fires, but through the use of pre-positioned explosives. I consider the official FEMA, NIST, and 9-11 Commission reports that fires plus damage alone caused complete collapses of all three buildings. And I present evidence for the explosive-demolit...

This study examines a group of Saudi military cadets studying English as foreign language and their willingness to communicate (WTC) using English. The investigated the relationship between cadets’ WTC vocabulary size, along with perceived competence. In addition, looked at L2 anxiety. A survey was designed for administered 113 an average age 20 years old. Correlation regression analyses reveal...

BACKGROUND There is little current information about the unmet mental health care need (UMHCN) and reasons for it among those exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of UMHCN among symptomatic individuals enrolled in the WTC Health Registry (WTCHR) in 2011-2012, and to analyze the relationship between UMHCN due to attitudinal,...

Hayo Reinders, Unitec Institute of Technology Sorada Wattana, Dhurakij Pundit University This paper reports on a study into the effects of digital game play on learners’ Willingness to Communicate (WTC), or individuals’ “readiness to enter into discourse at a particular time with a specific person or persons, using a L2” (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément, & Noels, 1998, p. 547). Thirty Thai learners...

BACKGROUND Post-traumatic symptomatology is one of the signature effects of the pernicious exposures endured by responders to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster of 11 September 2001 (9/11), but the long-term extent of diagnosed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its impact on quality of life are unknown. This ...

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have changed the world as we knew it. Although there is clearly an immediate need for reconstruction of Lower Manhattan, it is too early to predict what all of the implications on the construction industry nationwide will be. Yet, the very real terrorist threats we have to learn to live with will have repercussions on the types of...

INTRODUCTION The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries. Research on previous bombings and explosions has shown that head injuries, including traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), are among the most common injuries. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to identify diagnosed and undiagnosed (undetected) TBIs among person...

The purposes of this research were two-fold: first, to see whether or not lecturers’ immediacy behaviors linearly related their students’ Willingness Communicate (WTC); second, determine which behavior (Verbal Nonverbal) predominantly impacted on WTC. To achieve the purposes, two types questionnaires utilized, 1) WTC and 2) immediacy. Later, participants asked choose 1–5 scales question item. T...