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

Abstract

Abstract: This study entitled factors that influence high school students English oral communication skill in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments has as general objective to determine the linguistic and emotional factors that influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students in face-to-face learning environments. The participants in this research were 40 students and 2 English teachers from the first year of high school in a public school in the city of Quito. A mixed method was applied. The data analysis combines qualitative and quantitative methods. The instruments used for data collection were surveys for students and English teachers, interviews for English teachers and observation sheets. The results showed that the linguistic factors vocabulary, pronunciation and fluency as well as the emotional factors anxiety, insecurity and fear negatively affect and influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments.