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

Abstract

The current study was a research carried out about „Factors that influence the English language teaching-learning process in Ecuadorian private high schools‟. Hence, the main purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the main factors that impact the English language teaching-learning processes in private high schools in Loja-Ecuador. In order to achieve this goal, five private high schools of Loja city were chosen; a total number of fifteen teachers, and fifteen students were the participants of this study. To gather the necessary information, some questionnaires, surveys, interviews, and observation sheets were used and applied to both teachers and students; afterwards, the information was tabulated and analyzed to obtain results, conclusions and recommendations. To accomplish this whole process, the quantitative and qualitative methods were applied. At the end of this process, it was concluded that factors concerning teachers, students, classroom and institutions do really affect the teaching-learning process of the English language.