English pronunciation self-efficacy is strongly and positively associated with willingness to communicate in English among Chinese EFL learners¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2 · i3 large
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i3 English pronunciation self-efficacy is positively and significantly associated with willingness to communicate in English (β = 0.661). → Lu Y 2026

Evidence¶

Lu Y 2026¶

Lu Y, Yang Y, Cui T, Yang Z, Cai Y and Jing B (2026) Associations between generative AI–based pronunciation feedback and willingness to communicate in English: the mediating role of English pronunciation self-efficacy. Front. Psychol. 17:1918980. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1918980

q2 · i3 · associational · r2

Direct path estimated in the same CB-SEM path analysis with bias-corrected bootstrapping (5,000 resamples) on the 1,701-respondent sample. The EPSE→WTC path was significant, "β = 0.661", with the 95% CI excluding zero.

"the path from EPSE to WTC was positive and statisti -cally significant, B = 0.665, β = 0.661, 95% CI [0.610, 0.724], p < 0.001, indicating a strong association between EPSE and WTC."

Studies bearing on this claim¶

Do learners' L2 self-confidence and motivation predict their willingness to communicate, as the model holds? This table gathers the studies behind this claim and the 2 narrower claims that bear on it: 2 distinct studies (2 associational), q2, 1 of 2 with an effect size coded. One row per study, codes as each entry records them; no effect is averaged and no verdict is drawn. Built by scripts/synthesize_claim.py from eval/synthesis/; a row that looks wrong is fixed on the claim it comes from.

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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