Students’ perceptions on the factors that influence their willingness to orally communicate in the EFL classroom in Ecuadorian high schools.

Abstract

The present research is about “Students‟ perceptions on the factors that influence their willingness to orally communicate in the EFL classroom in Ecuadorian high schools”. The purpose is research about the students‟ perceptions on the factors that influence their willingness to orally communicate in the EFL classroom. This research was carried out in five Ecuadorian high schools in the city of Machala, El Oro province. Besides, one hundred high school students, between the ages of 13 and 20 years , participated in this study as following: basic education of eighth year and first, second and third year of senior high school in a state high school. The information included class observation and surveys to students. Student‟s answers were counted, interpreted and represented into graphics using the quantitative method. The surveys were qualitatively analyzed by considering the literature review, opinions of the students and the observed classes. The present research allowed us to determine the reasons because high school students felt motivated and unmotivated to participate in English class.