A CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS' LEVELS OF WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE AND THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Willingness to communicate (WTC) is the first layer of speaking development that has been used to determined students’ speaking performances. Many studies have been conducted before in relation of the WTC to other variables of languages learning that indicated a positive relationship of the WTC. However, little research has been investigated in exploring WTC inside the classroom despite the important role of the classroom to WTC, specifically in Indonesia. Therefore, to fill the void in that evidence-based study, this research aims at examining the connection between Indonesian students’ WTC and the classroom environment as the focus. This research employed a quantitative approach with correlation analysis in processing the data. The data was collected by two questionnaires that used, which are the WTC questionnaire and the classroom environment questionnaire as the instrument. It was shared to students of ELESP Universitas Lambung Mangkurat batch 2021 using simple random sampling technique. The finding of this research revealed a significant and a positive relationship between the classroom environment and students’ WTC with different levels of category. This research calls for emphasizing on utilizing more of the classroom environment to enhance students’ WTC. The researcher hopes the findings of this study open a wider field of the study about WTC in Indonesia especially in Universiats Lambung Mangkurat.