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

Abstract

The current research has the purpose of: identify, analyze, and provide suggestions on how to overcome the different factors that influence the teaching-learning process of the English Language in private high schools in Loja. This study was conducted in five private high schools in Loja city; it was conducted with a sample of fifteen teachers and fifteen students from the grades: 8th, 9th, 10th, first and second of high school. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied in this research, obtaining information through observation and note-taking of the important aspects of the English lessons. To complement surveys were applied to both teachers and students; its purpose was to study their perceptions about the different aspects that influence the process of teachinglearning of the English language. Finally the information gathered: observation sheets, surveys, and questionnaires; helped to carry a quantitative and qualitative analysis in order to obtain academics results related to factors that influence the teaching learning process of English. The most remarkable result was that teachers applied a variety of methods to teach English, managing to encourage interaction in the classroom.