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

Abstract

Abstract: This investigation examines the factors that influence high school students' English oral communication skills in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments. The study was carried out at Nicolas Guillen High School. This is a Public Institution in Quito-Ecuador. The sample selected were 40 students from a second year of bachillerato. Besides, an English teacher participates answering a specific questionnaire for teachers. This is a mixed method research that have collected quantitative and qualitive information. The instruments to collect the information were a student questionnaire, a semi-structured interview that was applied to five students over the forty chosen randomly, a teacher questionnaire, and observation sheet that were used during three English classes. This investigation demonstrated that the factors that most influence in High school students oral communication are linguistic. The linguistic difficulties caused some emotional factors that delay the oral communication in the foreign language either. For example, the lack of vocabulary and grammar make feel students anxious and afraid of making mistakes in their oral communication skill.