Exploring Factors that Encourage Students’ Participation in EFL Classroom

This study aimed to explore factors that encourage students to participate in the class. There two research questions were set to lead the study (1) what are the forms of students’ participation in the class (2) what are the factors that influenced students’ participation in the class. The study conducted at English Language Education Department of Ar-raniry State Islamic University in 2018/2019 academic year. The participants were English students who taking CCU subject. The two classes with different lecturers were selected randomly for collecting data on observation and questionnaire. While for the interview, the researcher took the participants purposively by choosing an active and a passive student from two classes as the sample. The research design of this study was quantitative and qualitative. The study was identified through observation, questionnaire and semi-structured interview. The findings of the study revealed that some forms of students’ participation were giving the opinion, asking the question, explaining, listening and focusing on their phone. Besides, the researcher also found the factors that influenced the students to participate such as personality of students, the instructor factor, the size of classroom, and the perception of peers