Pyramid Model
A pyramid model has been established that describes learners' use of the L2. As the learner moves up the pyramid, the learner has more control over the act of communicating in the target language.
The model, with six layers, has a total of twelve constructs. The layers, from top to bottom, are:
- communication behaviour (I)
- behavioural intention (II)
- situated antecedents (III)
- motivational propensities (IV)
- affective-cognitive context (V)
- social and individual context (VI)
Layers VI, V, and IV are considered to be lasting influences. At layers III, II and I, the influences on actual L2 use are at a given time.
The twelve constructs, from top to bottom, are:
- use (layer I)
- willingness to communicate (II)
- desire to communicate with a specific person (III)
- state of communicating self-confidence (III)
- interpersonal motivation (IV)
- intergroup motivation (IV)
- self-confidence (IV)
- intergroup attitudes (V)
- social situation (V)
- competence (V)
- intergroup climate (VI)
- personality (VI)
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