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چکیده
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The current study aimed to investigate the possible relationship between language learners’ foreign language enjoyment (FLE) and their willingness to communicate (WTC), also the relationship between their foreign language speaking anxiety (FLSA) and their WTC. In addition, in this research, the possible relationship between learners’ FLSA and their FLE was investigated. To fulfill this purpose, 80 students of English as a foreign language, both males and females, at University of Kurdistan participated in this study. The age range of the participants was between 18 and 35. The required data were collected through online questionnaires. To measure FLSA, FLE and WTC of the learners, three questionnaires were distributed among the participants. The collected data were analyzed via SPSS. In order to answer the research questions Pearson product-moment correlation was run. The obtained results showed that there was a statistically significant positive linear correlation between learners’ FLE and their WTC. It means that as the level of learners’ FLE increases, their WTC increases. When their FLE decreases, their WTC decreases as well. Also the results indicated that there was a statistically significant negative linear correlation between learns’ FLSA and their WTC; so when learners’ FLSA increases, their WTC decreases, and when FLSA of learners decreases their WTC increases. In addition, a significant negative linear correlation between FLE and FLSA of learners was shown by the obtained results. Based on this result, as the level of learners’ FLE increases, their FLSA decreases and vice versa. Due to the importance of communication, as an important goal of learning a language, and also due to the importance of emotions in learning and using a foreign language, teachers and students should try to increase the level of FLE through different methods and also decrease the level of FLSA, in order to increase learners’ WTC, as an important and crucial variable in foreign language communication which is the necessity of each language learning process.
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