Dataset on the effects of self-confidence, motivation and anxiety on Indonesian students' willingness to communicate in face-to-face and digital settings.

Abstract

This dataset presents the relationship of three affective variables (i.e. self-confidence, motivation and anxiety) with English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in face-to-face (F2F) and digital settings. Students’ WTC is measured in F2F settings both inside and outside the classroom. A non-probability convenience sampling technique was employed to target the study participants. A total of 458 Indonesian EFL students completed a WTC questionnaire designed by Lee and Hsieh [1], of which 436 responses were analysed. Statistical analyses (i.e. correlation and regression calculations) were carried out on the quantitative data. The dataset is significant for the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC), school principals, and EFL teachers, in designing curriculum and instructional activities that enhance EFL students’ willingness to communicate in the target language inside and outside classrooms, and in the digital environment. The dataset is also useful for further research evaluating students’ WTC in digital settings, and addressing the issue of students’ WTC in written and oral communications.