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

Abstract

Abstract: The following investigation is called Factors that influence the oral communication skills in English of high school students in face-to-face environments. Its main objective is to determine the linguistic and emotional factors that influence oral communication skills in English in face to-face environments. The study was carried out in a public educational unit in the city of Santo Domingo to forty second-year students of senior high school from course A and B and an English teacher. The approach used in the study was a mixed-method which included both the quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the data. The instruments used in this research were a students' questionnaire, a teacher's questionnaire, a semi-structured interview, and an observation sheet. After the data analysis, it was concluded that both the linguistic and the emotional factors form a set of problems that are linked to each other and affect the development of the oral ability of the students since they have an important role in the use of the speaking ability.