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This study attempts to construct a WTC (Willingness to Communicate) scale with high content validity and internal consistent reliability, based on 41 WTC questionnaire items developed by Sick and Nakasaka (2000). Six hundred twenty-four public high school students in Kochi city were given Sick & Nakasaka's questionnaire. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis revealed that 13 out of 41 items were acceptable variables to be included in the scale and that they could be grouped into two factors: Factor 1 "a situation where a real English user is assumed" and Factor 2 "a situation where the English use in the classroom is assumed." This new two-factor scale will make a substantial contribution to WTC research in the future.
