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

Abstract

Abstract: This research identifies the main linguistic and emotional factors that affect the oral communication skills of high school students in Ecuador in in-person learning environments. The study was carried out in a public school in Echeandía, Bolívar, with a sample of forty first and second year students of high school, and a qualified English teacher. For its development, an approach was applied mixed methods using surveys, interviews, and classroom observations to collect quantitative and qualitative data. The results of the study indicate that the factors emotions, such as classroom environment, motivation, and emotional barriers, influence significantly in the oral communication skills of the students, above the linguistic ones. The study concludes that addressing these factors by improving the training of teachers, creating a positive atmosphere in the classroom and promoting student motivation students can improve students' oral communication. This research provides valuable insights into foreign language pedagogy and offers recommendations practices to improve the teaching and learning of English in institutions Ecuadorians.