Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English

Purpose - This quantitative study explored willingness to communicate (WTC) across two settings, ESL in Malaysia, and EFL in Indonesia and Thailand. Participants WTC levels were measured and communicative situations in which participants were almost always willing and almost never willing to communi...

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Main Authors: Kok, Eng Tan, Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen, Abdullah, Amelia, Ahmad, Norlida, Phairot, Ekkapon, Jawas, Umiati, Liskinasih, Ayu
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spelling my.uum.repo.289252022-10-06T00:29:45Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28925/ Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English Kok, Eng Tan Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen Abdullah, Amelia Ahmad, Norlida Phairot, Ekkapon Jawas, Umiati Liskinasih, Ayu LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools Purpose - This quantitative study explored willingness to communicate (WTC) across two settings, ESL in Malaysia, and EFL in Indonesia and Thailand. Participants WTC levels were measured and communicative situations in which participants were almost always willing and almost never willing to communicate in English were identified. Method - Convenience sampling was used to select the three countries, four secondary schools and 42 intact classes. Two schools were in Malaysia, while one school each was in Indonesia and Thailand. A total of 1038 participants, consisting of 291 Malaysians, 325 Indonesians and 422 Thais took part in the study. The instrument used was an adapted questionnaire measuring WTC inside and outside the English classroom. Findings - The major findings were: 1) Situations in which students were almost never willing to communicate in English were mainly found outside the classroom; 2) Students were almost always willing to communicate in English in brief, predictable situations requiring the use of set phrases; 3) ESL students had a higher level of WTC than EFL students; and 4) WTC inside the classroom was significantly higher than WTC outside the classroom. Significance - The findings have implications for ESL/EFL classroom instruction. English teachers remain the main interlocutors in increasing WTC in the classroom. They also need to bridge the gap between the classroom and the outside world by preparing students for real social situations. This is consistent with the situation-specific aspect of WTC in the heuristic model proposed by MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels (1998). Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28925/1/MJLI%2017%2001%202020%2001-24.pdf Kok, Eng Tan and Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen and Abdullah, Amelia and Ahmad, Norlida and Phairot, Ekkapon and Jawas, Umiati and Liskinasih, Ayu (2020) Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction (MJLI), 17 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1675-8110 https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2020.17.1.1
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language English
topic LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
spellingShingle LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Kok, Eng Tan
Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen
Abdullah, Amelia
Ahmad, Norlida
Phairot, Ekkapon
Jawas, Umiati
Liskinasih, Ayu
Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
description Purpose - This quantitative study explored willingness to communicate (WTC) across two settings, ESL in Malaysia, and EFL in Indonesia and Thailand. Participants WTC levels were measured and communicative situations in which participants were almost always willing and almost never willing to communicate in English were identified. Method - Convenience sampling was used to select the three countries, four secondary schools and 42 intact classes. Two schools were in Malaysia, while one school each was in Indonesia and Thailand. A total of 1038 participants, consisting of 291 Malaysians, 325 Indonesians and 422 Thais took part in the study. The instrument used was an adapted questionnaire measuring WTC inside and outside the English classroom. Findings - The major findings were: 1) Situations in which students were almost never willing to communicate in English were mainly found outside the classroom; 2) Students were almost always willing to communicate in English in brief, predictable situations requiring the use of set phrases; 3) ESL students had a higher level of WTC than EFL students; and 4) WTC inside the classroom was significantly higher than WTC outside the classroom. Significance - The findings have implications for ESL/EFL classroom instruction. English teachers remain the main interlocutors in increasing WTC in the classroom. They also need to bridge the gap between the classroom and the outside world by preparing students for real social situations. This is consistent with the situation-specific aspect of WTC in the heuristic model proposed by MacIntyre, Clément, Dörnyei, & Noels (1998).
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author Kok, Eng Tan
Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen
Abdullah, Amelia
Ahmad, Norlida
Phairot, Ekkapon
Jawas, Umiati
Liskinasih, Ayu
author_facet Kok, Eng Tan
Abdullah, Melissa Ng Lee Yen
Abdullah, Amelia
Ahmad, Norlida
Phairot, Ekkapon
Jawas, Umiati
Liskinasih, Ayu
author_sort Kok, Eng Tan
title Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
title_short Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
title_full Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
title_fullStr Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
title_full_unstemmed Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in English
title_sort indonesian, malaysian and thai secondary school students' willingness to communicate in english
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia Press
publishDate 2020
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/28925/1/MJLI%2017%2001%202020%2001-24.pdf
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