Students’ Perception toward Unwillingness to Participate in EFL Classroom

The importance of foreign language is required in this globalization era. English as an international language is a necessary language that has to be possessed by students and professionals. In fact, students might face difficulties on mastering the language. This resulted on students’ willingness to participate the learning. This research aimed to provide a depiction of students’ perceptions toward unwillingness to participate in the English classroom. The researcher uses a qualitative method to describe the data. The subject of this research belongs to EFL graduate students at Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, especially the first semester students in English education department. The result showed that students often reluctant to take part in the EFL classroom due to various matters such as linguistic factors, psycholinguistic factors, socio-cultural factors, and also institutional factors.