Influential Factors of Students’ Participation in Speaking Class (A Study at the Third Semester Students of English Education Study Program of UNIB in Academic Year 2011/2012)

The objective of this research was to know what factors influence the
students’ participation in speaking classes at the third semester students of
Universitas of Bengkulu. The population of this research was all the students at
the third semester in class A and B who took speaking classes and all of
population was taken as sample of this research. The data was collected by
using the questionnaire with 4 (four) alternative answers, namely: SS (Sangat
Setuju), S (Setuju), TS (Tidak Setuju), STS (Sangat Tidak Setuju). The result of
this research was found that the highest influence factors was the Implication
and Consideration (86.3%), the second percentage is Psychological
Environment (76.1%), followed by The Role of the Teacher in the Classroom
Environment and Measuring Classroom Environment (68.6%). The next are
Classroom Climate (63.7%) and the lowest percentage was the Physical
Environment (63.7%).