Willingness to Communicate in English: An Interview Study with Indonesian Vocational High School Students

Research into willingness to communicate in English has gained momentum second/foreign language learning recently. Applied linguists have argued for the factors that may hinder learners English. However, although extensive studies on been carried out, much focused university and high school students. As a result, very little is known about hindrances of students' context vocational schools. To fill such lacuna, this study was designed explore among Indonesian In-depth interviews were conducted with 6 participants from three schools regard they encountered when communicating analyze data, we employed Braun Clarke’s (2006) thematic analysis. Findings suggest four emerging themes: 1) lack self-confidence, 2) presence fear, 3) teacher's teaching style, 4) vocabulary provision. Our reveals that, even though are aware problems, situated supports forms out-of-class communications needed help solve their communications. Pedagogical implications offered at end article.