FACTORS INFLUENCING CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 SOLOK SELATAN IN ENGLISH CLASS

Sonia Nabila, Hadeli Hadeli, Hidayat Al Azmi Al Azmi

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This research is attempted to identify the factors that influence students’ participation in English class. Specifically, this study is focused on exploring the factors that most influence English class participation of grade VII.1 students at SMPN
1 Solok Selatan. A quantitative descriptive research design was used in which data were taken from questionnaires distributed to 30 students of class VII.1 of Junior High School 1 Solok Selatan in English class. The results of this study showed that factors such as teacher traits (73.80%), class traits (41.42%), and student traits (27.61%) have their own influence towards students’ English class participation. Related to the items most chosen by students from each factor, English teacher’s friendly response of the teacher traits factor was the most chosen items by students, followed by friendship in English class of the class traits factor, and preparation for English class of the student traits factor.

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classroom participation, influencing factors, English class

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