Factors Affecting Students’ Reluctance to Speak English in Classroom Interactions

Khinanti Giantari (Department of English Education Faculty of Language and Literature Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Eri Kurniawan (Department of English Education Faculty of Language and Literature Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Didi Suherdi (Department of English Education Faculty of Language and Literature Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan
Vol 8, No 4: APRIL 2023

EFL students have a big problem called reluctance. Reluctance is students’ unwillingness or disinclination to speak and participate in classroom activities. This research attempts to determine how much each of the three factors affects students’ reluctance to speak English in classroom interactions and which is the most dominant. A descriptive quantitative method was used in this research. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The result showed that the psychological factor (lack of motivation) was the main. factor that affected students’ reluctance to speak in English. Because of that, the students should maintain their high motivation to improve their speaking ability.