Factors Affecting Students' Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classroom at Higher Institution in Indonesia

Autor/inn/en	Weda, Sukardi; Atmowardoyo, Haryanto; Rahman, Fathu; Said, Mawardin M.; Sakti, Andi Elsa Fadhilah
Titel	Factors Affecting Students' Willingness to Communicate in EFL Classroom at Higher Institution in Indonesia
Quelle	In: International Journal of Instruction, 14 (2021) 2, S.719-734 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Graduate Students; Classroom Communication; Communicative Competence (Languages); Group Discussion; Questioning Techniques; Instructional Effectiveness; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Klassengespräch; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Gruppendiskussion; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Unterrichtserfolg; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Indonesien
Abstract	One of the primary goals of learning and teaching process in EFL classroom is to enhance students' willingness to communicate (WTC). This study aims at exploring factors affecting willingness to communicate (WTC) in EFL classroom at higher institution in Indonesia. This study employed quantitative research method. Questionnaire data were obtained from seventy university graduate students (19 males or 27.14% and 51 or 72.86% females) major in English study program of Graduate Program State University of Makassar participated in this study. The data of the study were analysed using descriptive statistics which presented percentage, mean, and standard deviation (SD). The present study therefore reveals that the influential factors of EFL students' WTC are interested in speaking in group discussion if the topics discussed are interesting. Other evidences from the present study are: 1) the participants said that classroom discussion is the best way to practice speaking English, 2) they find it easy to have conversations in the classroom discussion, 3) they are excited to speak in front of the English class, 4) group discussions are the activities they enjoy most in English classes, and 5) they enjoy starting the group discussion with a number of critical questions. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Gate Association for Teaching and Education. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://e-iji.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01