The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the classroom discussion engagement experiences, the challenges faced and strategies for their solution, of eight international Indonesian masters students in one public university in the United Kingdom through a demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that the participants faced some speaking challenges in engaging in discussion, including (1) language barriers, (2) individual matters, and (3) academic culture differences. To cope with those challenges, the participants have undertaken strategies, such as (1) having the verbal response, (2) utilising learning sources, and (3) maintaining a positive motivation.

Introduction
 Discussion method
 Face-to-face Discussion
 Link between Speakingand Classroom Discussion
 Empirical Studies on InternationalStudents’ Engagement
 Methodology
 Results
  Speaking Challenges in EngagingClassroom Discussion
  Strategies to overcome speakingchallenges
  Discussion and Conclusion
  Limitation
 Acknowledgement
 References

• Mukhlash Abrar(Jambi University, Indonesia)
• Amirul Mukminin(Jambi University, Indonesia)