The mediating role of student engagement: How Teacher Student relationships and collaborative learning activities influence willingness to communicate in college English classroom

This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing students' willingness to communicate in English in College English classroom management, as well as the mediating role of student engagement in the relationship between these factors and students' willingness to communicate.A Quantitative research design was adopted for this study.The research participants consisted of 344 non-English major freshmen from a Jiangxi university.Data analysis was conducted using path analysis.The results showed that teacher-student relationship and collaborative learning activities had a significant positive correlation with willingness to communicate.Teacher-student relationship and collaborative learning activities have a significant positive correlation with student engagement, and student engagement has a significant positive correlation with willingness to communicate.The mediating effect of student engagement on each variable and willingness to communicate is significant.