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

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Abstract: This work discusses the factors that influence high school students' English oral communication skills in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments. It is aimed to determine some of the linguistic and emotional factors that influence the English oral communication skills in students in a face-to-face learning environment. It was done in a public institution in Cuenca, Ecuador. A mixed methodology was used. Data was gathered from 40 students and a teacher. The techniques used were observation, survey and interview. The instruments used were observation sheet and questionnaires which allowed the identification of linguistic and emotional factors that influence English oral communication skills of high school students. The most important conclusion is that emotional factors are the ones that most influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students in face-to-face learning environments. In this way, emotional factors were associated with fears for different situations related to mastery of the English language that manifests itself through nervousness and anxiety.