Factors that influence high school students' English oral communication skills In Ecuadorian Face-to-face Learning Environments

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Abstract: This research titled Factors that influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students in Ecuadorian face-to-face learning environments was carried out in a bilingual institution in the province of Pichincha. The purpose was to determine the linguistic and emotional factors that influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students. 40 second-year high school students and an English teacher participated. In this study, a mixed methodology was used; the instruments that were applied to obtain qualitative evidence were a semi-structured interview and three observation sheets. The quantitative data was obtained by applying questionnaires to the teacher and the students. The results revealed that the majority of students have an adequate speaking level because they attend a bilingual school. However, some emotional and linguistic factors were found to affect some students' speaking ability. Finally, this research determined that anxiety is the emotional factor that most affected students' oral skills.