Factors that influence high school students' English oral communication skills in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments

Abstract

Abstract: This study focuses on the factors that influence oral communication skills in English of high school students in face-to-face learning environments in Ecuador. Analyzes the linguistic and emotional factors involved in the development of the ability spoken, what are the inconveniences experienced by English learners as foreign language in oral communication. The present investigation studied the performance of students in the ability to speak and the main factors facing the oral communication. The sample consisted of forty students participating in the public school of El Quinche, province of Pichincha. The instruments used in this investigation were: a survey of students, a survey of teachers of the same year school, a class observation format to complement the investigation, and a survey applied to 5 students on the use of speech in the English language and the main linguistic and emotional challenges they face in learning. The results determined that students have many problems producing language spoken due to linguistic and emotional difficulties and the main factors that influence oral communication during English classes in Ecuador.