Abstract
This study intends to explore Indonesian Senior High School learners’ second/foreign language (L2) Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in English. The study employed a quantitative design of conducting a survey through distributing Google Form questionnaire. 159 L2 learners from more than six islands in Indonesia participated in this study. This study found that learners generally reported a moderate level of L2 WTC. They were moderately enthusiastic to speak in English class, moderately confident to use English in communication, and moderately willing to use English in small groups and pair work activities. However, seen from rather high standard deviations of the mean scores, the participants’ responses may be very heterogeneous, suggesting rather spread-out values away from the mean scores. This may suggest that the learner participants’ levels of L2 WTC were rather unbalanced. It indicates a high level of L2 WTC of some participants and a low level of L2 WTC of the others. Pedagogical implications include promoting small-group activities and minimizing whole-class discussions to increase L2 WTC especially in the case of those with a low level.
Recommended Citation
Fernando, W.,
&
Subekti, A.
(2023).
L2 Willingness to Communicate of Indonesian High School Learners of English: An Exploratory Survey Study.
Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran, 30(2).
Available at:
https://citeus.um.ac.id/jpp/vol30/iss2/1