Factors to the Students' Lack of Participation During Classroom Discussions in ELT Method Course
Keywords:
Factors, students' participation, ELT method CourseAbstract
This study aimed to find out the contributing factors to the students’ lack of participation during classroom discussion in the ELT Methods class of the fifth-semester students of the English Department of UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar, registered in the 2025/2026 Academic Year. This study was qualitative research with a case study design. The informants were 10 students who followed the ELT Methods Course and indicated a lack of participation during classroom discussion. The informants were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The informants from the lecturer recommended. In this research, the researchers acted as the key instrument and the interview guide as a supporting instrument. In collecting the data, the researchers interviewed the informants. Furthermore, in analyzing the data, data reduction, data display, and data verification are used. To test the trustworthiness of the data, data triangulation is used to find clear information. The results of this research indicated that there were three contributing factors to students’ lack of participation during classroom discussion in the ELT Method Course. There are Linguistic factors such as: lack of vocabulary, difficulty in constructing sentences, and difficulty pronouncing words. Psychological factors were a lack of understanding of the material, anxiety, lack of confidence, and fear of making mistakes, and cognitive factors like lack of preparation and lack of understanding of the material are also associated with students’ participation in classroom discussions.
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