Factors that affect the English language teaching-learning process in Ecuadorian private high schools

Abstract

This research offers a study about factors that influence the English language teaching-learning process in Ecuadorian private high schools, as well as an explanation of why certain factors influence the educational environment. This includes an analysis of the factors that affect the teaching-learning process from the point of view of the teachers, aside from the relation between these ones and the EFL teaching methods and the new governmental regulations related to this issue. The methods used were qualitative and quantitative; the techniques were surveys, note-taking, and the instruments were questionnaires and observation formats. This research was done with the help of fifteen teachers and fifteen students who were interviewed, they work and study in three different private schools in: Tumbaco, Checa, and in El Quinche, all rural villages located in the northeastern part of Quito. In conclusion, the factors that influence in this process are the physical space of the classrooms, the plans and programs for teaching-learning process of the schools, the low academic level of the teachers, and poor infrastructure.